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The Atlantic is categorized as left-leaning based on ratings from AllSides, Ad Fontes Media, and Media Bias/Fact Check. It has a credibility rating of A (High Factuality). We currently track 25 recent articles from this source.


Recent Articles (25)

What’s Going on With the IRS?

The Trump administration’s budget cuts are looming over Tax Day.

There’s Only One Reason to Cold Plunge

The practice has its benefits. Just not the ones wellness influencers are loudest about.

Today’s <em>Atlantic</em> Trivia: Gruesome Fairy Tales

Test your knowledge—and read our stories for a little extra help.

What Paul Ehrlich’s Fear of Scarcity Did to American Politics

Ehrlich’s lurid predictions of imminent planetary doom captivated the public, but they did not come true.

The Celebrity Clock Is Getting Rewired

Stars can stay relevant for longer than ever now.

There’s No Way the American West Will Have a Normal Summer

This week’s record-breaking heat dome augurs badly for the months to come.

The New Infidelity

Micro-cheating includes all sorts of internet behavior that, to many people, might just seem innocent.

Are They Still Your Friends if You Never See Them?

The friendship crisis of American men

The <em>Seinfeld </em>Theory of Fiction

Annoying characters let us admit that we might be annoying too.

Trump Is Kicking the Economy While It’s Down

How the war with Iran could lead to a recession

Israel Is Missing Its Big Chance in Lebanon

The Lebanese are furious with Hezbollah, but Israel keeps giving it more reasons to fight.

Trump Is Betraying Iran’s Pro-Democracy Protesters

He toyed with their hopes, raising expectations he never meant to fulfill.

The Lesson of Tulsi Gabbard’s Flip-Flop

The existence of war skeptics in a president’s Cabinet is not a valuable indicator of how that president will act.

Maybe Turning War Into a Casino Was a Bad Idea?

A disturbing new low in the Polymarket era

<em>Atlantic</em> Trivia for March 18, 2026: Remember Lycos? Me Neither.

Test your knowledge—and read our latest stories for a little extra help.

Photos: Birds in Early Springtime

Recent images of some of our fine feathered friends at work and at play in the warming Northern Hemisphere

Why Britain Is Saying No to Trump’s Iran War

Alastair Campbell on the end of the U.S.-U.K. “special relationship.” Plus: Why Democrats in Congress cannot ignore their duty, and The Director, by Daniel Kehlmann.

The Iran War’s Next Threat Is to Food and Water

A prolonged closure of the Strait of Hormuz could unleash a humanitarian crisis.

A New Level of Vaccine Purgatory

A judge suspended the CDC’s vaccine advisory committee but also said that the agency should be consulting it before making recommendations.

‘I’m Far Angrier’

Can Cory Booker, once the candidate of love, run for president and stay true to who he is?

Friendship, on Demand

AI chatbots offer relationships that are low effort and completely personalized—and hollow.

Washington’s Sewage Apocalypse

This is not a metaphor.

Trashing American Allies Turns Out to Be Bad for National Security

How “America First” became “America Alone”

The Same War, on a Loop

We’ve gotten all too used to missile alerts, existential anxiety, and suspicions of political bad faith.

Trump May Not Be Able to End This War

The Islamic Republic is designed to endure crises and fight asymmetric conflicts.

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