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The Right Way to Make Mac and Cheese

The Atlantic 08 Nov 2026
She was married to a loud man we called Uncle Benny, who held his Marlboro in the same hand as his highball ... It’s where the mac and cheese was made, and the very important people were the kids ... As usual, I followed her back to the kitchen.
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When Writers Lose Faith in Free Speech

The Atlantic 08 Nov 2026
On Thursday, the Atlantic staff writer George Packer delivered the Newark Public Library’s annual Philip Roth Lecture ... Philip Roth’s chosen vocation was the novel, and he practiced it almost nonstop for six decades with a monkish devotion.
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Can Beauty Make Us Good?

The Atlantic 08 Nov 2026
The Permanent Questions is produced and edited by The Atlantic in partnership with Yale University ... You can subscribe on The Atlantic’s YouTube channel, on Spotify, on Apple, or wherever you get your podcasts.
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The Trump Administration Is Ignoring a Hunger Emergency

The Atlantic 08 Nov 2026
In 1967, two former State Department employees, William and Paul Paddock, argued that the U.S ... The brothers’ projections, luckily, turned out to be exceptionally wrong ... And for the first time since the 1980s, the U.S ... In recent years, the U.S.
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Nazi spies landed on US soil days before a German U-boat sank a Canadian ship off Maine in 1944; 82 years later, divers uncover the long-lost wreck 400 feet below the Atlantic

The Times of India 07 Nov 2026
More than eight decades after the World War II tragedy, divers have finally located the long-lost vessel nearly 400 feet beneath the Atlantic Ocean ... They had boarded the U-1230 in Germany and crossed ...
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A Preposterous, Overpriced, Beautiful Disaster of a Car

The Atlantic 07 Nov 2026
The most important Cybertruck ever built is probably still parked somewhere on the grounds of Mar-a-Lago ... When Trump returned to the presidency, Elon Musk’s truck became a defining symbol of his second term—a MAGA hat on wheels.
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When Sexual Assault Is Schtick

The Atlantic 07 Nov 2026
The criminal trial of Russell Brand took less than four weeks, at the end of which the comedian turned spiritual influencer was found guilty of one count of rape and three counts of sexual assault ... The unspeakable, enabled] ... The jury disagreed.
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Harmeet Dhillon’s Work Is Complete

The Atlantic 07 Nov 2026
Harmeet Dhillon is not the most notable administration official to depart after Democrats’ enormous midterm victory—that title goes to White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, who President Trump announced today would be replaced by Stephen Miller.
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A Chief of Staff Who ‘Will Crack Skulls’

The Atlantic 07 Nov 2026
In the days before MAGA’s midterm disaster, President Trump began complaining about his presidency ... The war in Iran wouldn’t end ... But in the president’s mind, there was one exception ... how to force journalists to reveal their sources in the government.
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What Happened to JetBlue?

The Atlantic 07 Nov 2026
For airlines in the United States, going bankrupt is practically a rite of passage ... A notable exception has been JetBlue, which until recently was one of the industry’s few success stories ... The proximate cause of the company’s current woes is obvious.
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Memories of the Train

The Atlantic 07 Nov 2026
The train’s seats. blue with a white strip down the middle. The windows ... The sun. halfway below the horizon. He was playing with the top his mother had bought from the cart lady ... The train’s seats. white with a blue strip down the middle, five per row.
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Mike Johnson Will Tend To Your Lawn Now

The Atlantic 07 Nov 2026
Mike Johnson finished his circuit of the lawn on his riding mower, dismounted, and stared at the tree ... Yet something about the branches was wrong ... Now Johnson felt like he was working all the time ... He could not seek election to the minority leadership.
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The Blue Wave Can’t Stop ICE

The Atlantic 07 Nov 2026
“Deportations will continue,” Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin wrote in a post on X the day after voters punished his party in the midterm election ... “Pulling that back would be extremely difficult for the White House.”.
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Americans Are Spending Less Time With Friends

The Atlantic 07 Nov 2026
This is an edition of The Wonder Reader, a newsletter in which our editors recommend a set of stories to spark your curiosity and fill you with delight ... The Socializing That’s Replacing Friend Time ... Read the article. The Friendship Paradox.
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