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theatlantic.com > ideas > 2026 > 01 > trump-greenland-europe-nato > 685720

The Great Divorce

The Great Divorce2+ hour, 55+ min ago   (226+ words) The marriage between Europe and the United States has been fraught from the first'and now, it might be coming apart. Initially it was a rescue, and then a romance. But then Sam seemed to undergo a personality change. He became…...

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theatlantic.com > family > 2026 > 01 > gene-kelly-fatherhood-depression-masculinity > 685408

What Gene Kelly Taught Me About How to Be a Dad

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (194+ words) Breaking:The U.S. has attacked Venezuela and captured its leader, Nicol's Maduro. Read our full coverage. I thought I was okay, until I started watching musicals with my daughter'and couldn't stop crying. I had expected fatherhood to change me. I knew…...

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theatlantic.com > podcasts > 2025 > 12 > how-about-a-little-less-screen-time-for-the-grown-ups > 685419

How About a Little Less Screen Time for the Grown-Ups

4+ week, 1+ hour ago   (1896+ words) It's not just kids who can't stop scrolling. Subscribe here: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube Are your parents addicted to their phone? In this episode of Galaxy Brain, Charlie Warzel explores how technology is affecting an older generation of adults. Instead…...

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theatlantic.com > technology > 2025 > 12 > do-your-parents-have-screen-time-problem > 685424

Do Your Parents Have a Screen-Time Problem?

Do Your Parents Have a Screen-Time Problem?1+ mon, 12+ hour ago   (283+ words) The phone-based retirement is here. Over the past year, I asked people to share their stories with me. "I am constantly begging my mom to put her phone down, every time I see her she is just mindlessly scrolling. I…...

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theatlantic.com > technology > 2025 > 12 > australia-social-media-ban-teens > 685306

Australia’s Grand Social-Media Experiment

Australia’s Grand Social-Media Experiment1+ mon, 5+ day ago   (192+ words) Australia is the first country to take such sweeping action, but many countries, including the United States, are considering age-gating social media in similar ways. "We know the world will be ... Will the country ever know for sure if banning…...

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theatlantic.com > ideas > 2025 > 12 > humanities-crisis-ai-camus > 685233

Stop Trying to Make the Humanities ‘Relevant’

Stop Trying to Make the Humanities ‘Relevant’1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (162+ words) For humanities departments to continue to matter, they must challenge the modern world rather than accommodate it. Humanities departments seem to be in perpetual crisis. Fewer students are enrolling in them. The Trump administration is cutting their funding. Smartphones and…...

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theatlantic.com > sponsored > google > the-new-learning-curve > 4051

The New Learning Curve

The New Learning Curve1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1034+ words) A conversation with Khan Academy's founder and CEO about what happens when artificial intelligence meets emotional intelligence in the classroom. By Leigh Belz Ray " Illustrations by Klaus Kremmerz In just a few short years, AI has gone from pilot program…...

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theatlantic.com > podcasts > 2025 > 12 > when-chatbots-break-our-minds-with-kashmir-hill > 685150

When Chatbots Break Our Minds

When Chatbots Break Our Minds1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (1932+ words) How big a problem is "AI psychosis? Subscribe here: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube The Atlantic entered into a corporate partnership with OpenAI in 2024. Kashmir Hill: The way I've been thinking about kind of the delusion stuff is the way that…...

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theatlantic.com > magazine > 2026 > 01 > elite-university-student-accommodation > 684946

Elite Colleges Have an Extra-Time-on-Tests Problem

Elite Colleges Have an Extra-Time-on-Tests Problem1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (322+ words) Accommodations in higher education were supposed to help disabled Americans enjoy the same opportunities as everyone else. How did they become another way for wealthy students to gain an advantage? The Americans With Disabilities Act, passed in 1990, was meant to…...

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theatlantic.com > photography > 12/20/202525-space-telescope-advent-calendar > 685096

2025 Space Telescope Advent Calendar

2025 Space Telescope Advent Calendar1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (76+ words) Welcome to the 18th annual Space Telescope Advent Calendar, featuring remarkable images from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and James Webb Space Telescope. Every day until December 25, this page will present a new image of our universe. Welcome to the 18th annual Space…...