Steven Spielberg’s captivating new film, “Disclosure Day,” updates one of his tried-and-true premises—the appearance of aliens on Earth—for an exploration of present-day American life, writes David Sims:

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The white identitarians have more cultural and political power today than they did at any point in the past half century—and now that DEI and anti-racism are in retreat, they're moving on to a more ambitious goal, @thomaschattwill argues.

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Jane Austen. Spike Lee. MrBeast. “Modern Family.” The Atlantic’s AI Watchdog search tool lets you see which creative works tech companies may have used to train their generative-AI models:

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The Republican Party’s refusal to accept the prospect of Spencer Pratt’s defeat in the L.A. mayor’s race is bizarre and revealing, @jonathanchait argues:

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Hunter Biden’s return to public life has won him unexpected praise—but there’s a lesson he should learn from his father’s presidency, @GrahamDavidA argues:

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"For many people, the talents that bloom later in life are more consequential than the ones that bloom early," David Brooks wrote in 2024:

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The entire University of California system abandoned the use of standardized tests in admissions during the pandemic. Now a huge share of STEM and economics faculty is demanding the tests are considered again, @imkahloon reports:

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.@bhumikatharoor explores what Donald Trump can learn from mixed martial arts: “In a fight, you can’t wriggle away from the consequences of your actions … And nobody is going to pardon you out of getting hit.”

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Savvy travelers rely on an array of algorithms to predict the cost of airfare. But high jet-fuel costs are overwhelming these methods—and waiting to buy tickets is suddenly becoming a riskier gamble, Henry Grabar writes:

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“Few people speak publicly about wanting to ‘eliminate’ Down syndrome,” @sarahzhang wrote in 2020. “Yet individual choices are adding up to something very close to that.”

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The Founders could never have imagined America’s modern information environment—and the “question for our democracy is whether a system designed for the communications technologies of the 18th century can survive those of the 21st,” @JeffreyRosen argues.

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A congressional district “should look like the mouth of a creature opening up to devour you” and it “should be red all over.” @petridishes imagines the Supreme Court majority’s explanation for their recent decisions on the Voting Rights Act:

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What does “Battle Hymn of the Republic,” written to prepare the Union and its soldiers for the terrible fight ahead, say about America itself? @JeffreyGoldberg on @TheAtlantic’s greatest poem and the 250th anniversary of the republic:

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Marjane Satrapi, the French Iranian author of the groundbreaking graphic memoir “Persepolis,” died last week. Hillary Chute examines how Satrapi made defiance into a lifelong project:

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RT @YAppelbaum: Read @bhumikatharoor on what fighters know that Trump does not:

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RT @bhumikatharoor: Hello hi, I wrote about mixed martial arts, the upcoming UFC fight at the White House, and Trump

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No Russian thinker has worked harder than Aleksandr Dugin to rationalize the invasion of Ukraine—but Dugin, along with many other Russian elites, has run out of cogent stories to tell, @shustry reports: : Ramil Sitdikov / AFP / Getty

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The NBA is facing critiques of the sport’s very soul—a fight that would be daunting for any commissioner, much less one who dreads confrontation, @TimAlberta wrote in May. He examines the future of the league, and its leader:

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Since the start of his tenure as secretary of defense, Pete Hegseth has sought to delegitimize the accomplishments—and the very presence—of Black people in the military, @ClintSmithIII writes.

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Donald Trump is hosting a UFC fight on the White House lawn for his birthday. Although the president loves fights, he doesn’t understand them, @bhumikatharoor argues. She explores what Trump can learn from mixed martial arts: