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John Cheever’s Secrets

In a new memoir, Susan Cheever searches for the wellspring of her father’s genius. By Adam Begley From the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠October 2025 issue⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Get more from your favorite Atlantic voices when you subscribe. You’ll enjoy unlimited access to Pulitzer-winning journalism, from clear-eyed analysis and insight on breaking news.

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Songs of Herself

The tidiest explanation for the pop star’s success is that she befriended an underestimated audience of girls and young women. That’s only part of the story. By Spencer Kornhaber From the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠October 2025 issue⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Get more from your favorite Atlantic voices when you subscribe. You’ll enjoy unlimited access to Pulitzer-winning journalism, from clear-eyed analysis and insight on breaking news.

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The Neighbor From Hell

Israel and the United States delivered a blow to Iran. But it could come back stronger. By Graeme Wood From the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠October 2025 issue⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Get more from your favorite Atlantic voices when you subscribe. You’ll enjoy unlimited access to Pulitzer-winning journalism, from clear-eyed analysis and insight on breaking news.

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The Ghost of Lady Murasaki

A thousand years ago, Murasaki Shikibu wrote The Tale of Genji, the world’s first novel. Who was she? By Lauren Groff From the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠October 2025 issue⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Get more from your favorite Atlantic voices when you subscribe. You’ll enjoy unlimited access to Pulitzer-winning journalism, from clear-eyed analysis and insight on breaking news.

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You Deserved Better

A Letter to America’s Discarded Public Servants By ⁠William J. Burns⁠ From the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠October 2025 issue⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Get more from your favorite Atlantic voices when you subscribe. You’ll enjoy unlimited access to Pulitzer-winning journalism, from clear-eyed analysis and insight on breaking news.

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Canada Is Killing Itself

The country gave its citizens the right to die. Doctors are struggling to keep up with demand. By Elaina Plott Calabro From the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠September 2025 issue⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Get more from your favorite Atlantic voices when you subscribe. You’ll enjoy unlimited access to Pulitzer-winning journalism, from clear-eyed analysis and insight on breaking news.

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The Forgotten Still-Life Prodigy

The 17th-century painter Rachel Ruysch was once more famous than Vermeer. By ⁠Zachary Fine⁠ From the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠September 2025 issue⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Get more from your favorite Atlantic voices when you subscribe. You’ll enjoy unlimited access to Pulitzer-winning journalism, from clear-eyed analysis and insight on breaking news.

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The Judgments of Muriel Spark

The novelist liked playing God—a very capricious one. By Judith Shulevitz From the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠September 2025 issue⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Get more from your favorite Atlantic voices when you subscribe. You’ll enjoy unlimited access to Pulitzer-winning journalism, from clear-eyed analysis and insight on breaking news.

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The story of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination on April 4, 1968, is often recounted as a conclusion to a powerful era of civil rights in America, but how did this hero’s murder come to be the stitching used to tie together a narrative of victory? The week that followed his killing was one of the most fiery, disruptive, and revolutionary, and is nearly forgotten. Over the course of eight episodes, Holy Week brings forward the stories of the activists who turned heartbreak into action, families scorched by chaos, and politicians who worked to contain the grief. Seven days diverted the course of a social revolution and set the stage for modern clashes over voting rights, redlining, critical race theory, and the role of racial unrest in today’s post–George Floyd reckoning.

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Some call it Hurricane Katrina. Some call it the Federal Flood. Others call it the day the levees broke. On August 29, 2005, the city of New Orleans was submerged. That story of hubris, incompetence, and nature's wrath is now etched into the national consciousness. But the people who lived through the flood and its aftermath have a different story to tell. A story of rumors, betrayal, and one of the most misunderstood events in American history. Hosted by Vann R. Newkirk II. Floodlines has been named an Apple Podcasts Series Essential.

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