AvatarThe AtlanticAvatarAvatar5 hours agoPutin’s Nuclear Theatricsverified_publisherThe Atlantic - By Tom NicholsThe Kremlin continues its clumsy nuclear games with threats to send Russian weapons to Belarus. Last spring, Russian President Vladimir Putin said he would station nuclear weapons in neighboring Belarus. Evidence suggests that this move is imminent, but it is strategically meaningless. Cold War …
AvatarThe AtlanticAvatarAvatar7 hours agoElon Musk Just Added a Wrinkle to the AI Raceverified_publisherThe Atlantic - By Matteo WongTransparency, or the appearance of it, is the technology’s new norm. Yesterday afternoon, Elon Musk fired the latest shot in his feud with OpenAI: His new AI venture, xAI, now allows anyone to download and use the computer code for its flagship software. No fees, no restrictions, just Grok, a large …
AvatarThe AtlanticAvatarAvatar10 hours agoKanye’s Creepy Comebackverified_publisherThe Atlantic - By Spencer KornhaberDespite his supposed cancellation, the Hitler-praising rapper has his first No. 1 single since 2011. The funny thing about the concept of cancel culture is that its popularization coincided with the demise of the mechanisms through which a person might truly be exiled from public life. The …
AvatarThe AtlanticAvatarAvatar1 day agoWhat Really Makes People Feel Safe on the Subwayverified_publisherThe Atlantic - By Qian Julie WangIt’s not cops or soldiers. New York Governor Kathy Hochul unfurled a subway “safety” plan last week. It included assigning 750 National Guard and 250 state police and Metropolitan Transit Authority officers to the subway—in addition to the 1,000 NYPD officers the mayor added in February—to check …
AvatarThe AtlanticAvatarAvatar2 days agoThe Wars That Divide Washingtonverified_publisherThe Atlantic - By The Editors“You don’t see the president condemning Schumer's statements, criticizing it at all … That does say a lot.” Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer set off a fierce debate in Washington on Thursday after criticizing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and calling for Israel to hold new elections …
AvatarThe AtlanticAvatarAvatar16 hours agoWhy Biden’s Pro-worker Stance Isn’t Workingverified_publisherThe Atlantic - By James SurowieckiThe most pro-labor president in history could hardly do more for unions, but their members aren’t feeling it. Joe Biden courted the leaders of the Teamsters this week, looking for the endorsement of the 1.3-million-member union. He will probably get it. The Center for American Progress, a liberal …
AvatarThe AtlanticAvatarAvatar13 hours agoFinally, Justiceverified_publisherThe Atlantic - By Jake TapperTwo years ago, I wrote an Atlantic cover story about the case of C. J. Rice, a Philadelphia teenager convicted of attempted homicide. Today, he was exonerated. C. J. Rice is now a free man. C. J. Rice was first arraigned in 2011 on the 11th floor of 1301 Filbert Street, a towering, steel-framed …
AvatarThe AtlanticAvatarAvatar12 hours agoDNA Tests Are Uncovering the True Prevalence of Incestverified_publisherThe Atlantic - By Sarah ZhangPeople are discovering the truth about their biological parents with DNA—and learning that incest is far more common than many think. When Steve Edsel was a boy, his adoptive parents kept a scrapbook of newspaper clippings in their bedroom closet. He would ask for it sometimes, poring over the …
AvatarThe AtlanticAvatarAvatar13 hours agoIs the Destruction of Gaza Making Israel Any Safer?verified_publisherThe Atlantic - By Andrew ExumMore than five months in, Israel has neither a military strategy for eliminating Hamas nor a political strategy for living with Gaza. Israeli forces are killing thousands of innocent civilians and badly damaging their country’s standing with its most important partners, including the United States. …
AvatarThe AtlanticAvatarAvatar18 hours agoA Suspicious Pattern Alarming the Ukrainian Militaryverified_publisherThe Atlantic - By Graeme WoodA Ukrainian military source believes that Russia’s long-range strikes are aimed using satellite imagery provided by U.S. companies. Earlier this month, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky got unusually testy over the failure of the United States to deliver anti-missile and anti-drone systems. On …
AvatarThe AtlanticAvatarAvatar18 hours agoSonia Sotomayor Should Retire Nowverified_publisherThe Atlantic - By Josh BarroIf she leaves the Court this year, President Joe Biden will nominate a young and reliably liberal judge to replace her. On Election Day in 2006, Justice Antonin Scalia was 70 years old and had been serving on the Supreme Court for 20 years. That year would have been an opportune time for him to …
AvatarThe AtlanticAvatarAvatar14 hours agoWhat Caitlin Clark’s Fans Are Missingverified_publisherThe Atlantic - By Jemele HillA wider conversation about how many Black women athletes have been marginalized in this sport, despite their invaluable contributions Earlier this month, Iowa star Caitlin Clark surpassed basketball legend Pete Maravich to become the all-time leading scorer in Division I basketball history—the first …