The Atlantic Magazine - June 2023

In this issue

Night at the Vatican
By Cullen Murphy
After the tourists go home, a museum’s collection tells its own story.

The Counteroffensive
By Anne Applebaum and Jeffrey Goldberg
The future of the democratic world will be determined by whether the Ukrainian military can break a stalemate with Russia and drive the country backwards—perhaps even out of Crimea for good.

THE COUNTEROFFENSIVE

The future of the democratic world will be determined by whether the Ukrainian military can break a stalemate with Russia and drive the country backward-sperhaps even out of Crimea for good

10+ mins

Burned

How a small-town auto mechanic peddling a solar-energy breakthrough swindled Wall Street investors, Warren Buffett, and the U.S. Treasury out of $1 billion

10+ mins

Night at the Vatican

After the tourists go home, a museum's collection tells its own story

10+ mins

Call of the Wild

The enduring appeal of watching human beings attempt to master the Alaskan backcountry

5 mins

Who Was Cleopatra's Daughter?

The perils of searching for feminist heroes in antiquity

10+ mins

Surrender to Steely Dan

How the insufferably perfectionist duo captured the hearts of a new generation of listeners

10 mins

Writing in the Ruins

The German writer Jenny Erpenbeck cuts through dogma, fractures time, and preserves rubble

10+ mins

The Canadian Way of Death

The nation legalized assisted suicide-and exposed the limits of liberalism

10+ mins

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