6 min read
This is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you through the biggest stories of the day,...
Day: January 8, 2025
6 min read
6 min read
Yesterday morning, donning his new signature fit—gold chain, oversize T-shirt, surfer hair—Mark Zuckerberg announced that his social-media platforms are getting...
5 min read
When all the votes in November’s race for North Carolina’s state supreme court were counted, the incumbent, Allison Riggs, had...
3 min read
When wildfires began ravaging Los Angeles yesterday, the story was familiar in many respects: In dry and windy weather, a...
3 min read
As Santa Ana winds whipped sheets of embers over the Pacific Coast Highway in Southern California last night, the palm...
5 min read
Once, at the height of COVID, I dropped off a book at the home of Werner Herzog. I was an...
20 min read
Ninety-two years ago this month, on Monday morning, January 30, 1933, Adolf Hitler was appointed the 15th chancellor of the...
4 min read
Children born into poverty are far more likely to remain poor in adulthood in the United States than in other...
5 min read
A few months ago, I found myself in an unexpected conversation with a woman whose husband raises cattle in Missouri....
33 min read
The Bar Is ClosedA short drive from my home in North Carolina is a small Mexican restaurant, with several tables...
