From The Atlantic. Atlantic senior editor Drew Goins is on the National Mall in the name of life, liberty and trivial pursuits. Test your Revolutionary War know-how with some colonial trivia. And for questions delivered each day to your inbox, sign up for The Atlantic Daily newsletter.

From The Atlantic. Halloween treats are awfully light on chocolate this year, Yasmin Tayag reports. The un-chocolaty varieties have sprung up as the world supply of cocoa beans has dwindled, causing prices to skyrocket. Tayag hits the candy aisle to see how candy companies are getting around cocoa.

From The Atlantic. So far, the U.S. has blown up 14 boats in the Caribbean and the Pacific, killing at least 57 people. In the two months since the strikes began, the administration has consistently offered the same explanation: The U.S. has a fentanyl overdose problem, and these boats are a source of that drug.…

From The Atlantic. At #TAF25 Dr. Becky Kennedy spoke with Julie Beck about setting boundaries for kids around technology and elsewhere. Even when Kennedy has “a nonnegotiable” boundary important to her kids’ safety, she said, it’s important to acknowledge their possible feelings of annoyance.

From The Atlantic. Atlantic staff writer Faith Hill majored in cognitive science in college—and found “how psychologically rich” stories on dating and partnership were. She discusses how she found her reporting beat, how she puts her own dates at ease, and more. This is “Behind the Byline”: a new series from The Atlantic that lets…

From The Atlantic. On this episode of The David Frum Show, The Atlantic’s David Frum opens with reflections on the new Trump administration’s pattern of “politicized stupidity”: the willful refusal to understand abuses of power, including the destruction of the White House’s East Wing and the perceived sale of government influence disguised as private donations.…

From The Atlantic. All that stucco, molding, and wood from the East Wing of the White House had to go somewhere. So Nancy Walecki, an Atlantic associate editor, tried to find it. Read more about Walecki’s quest—and what, exactly, the White House may be planning to do with all the debris: https://theatln.tc/3aVW6Mc3 Additional reporting by…

From The Atlantic. In Kathryn Bigelow’s new movie, A House of Dynamite, the clock is ticking. The film’s fictional president of the United States has less than 20 minutes and very little information to decide whether or not to retaliate against a nuclear missile, launched at the United States, from an unknown source. As with…

From The Atlantic. At The Atlantic Festival, contributing writer Jemele Hill answered some questions about what she’s reading, lessons on the WNBA’s embrace of social justice, and more.

From The Atlantic. The Supreme Court appears ready to hobble a landmark civil-rights law. For Radio Atlantic, Hanna Rosin speaks with voting-rights activist Stacey Abrams about how the potential ruling might ensure "one-party rule” going forward. Listen to the episode:⁠ ⁠ :camera_with_flash:: Stefani Reynolds / Bloomberg / Getty

From The Atlantic. On this episode of The David Frum Show, The Atlantic’s David Frum opens with an urgent warning about TikTok’s looming sale to Trump-aligned insiders—a move David calls the “biggest giveaway since the days of the railway grants.” He argues that the American media landscape has been quietly transformed, with political power shifting…

From The Atlantic. The American Revolution was at once an argument, a bloody civil war, and a world war, Ken Burns tells David Frum. Subscribe now to watch “The David Frum Show.”

From The Atlantic. Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns’s new PBS series, “The American Revolution,” tells the nation’s founding story. Atlantic editor in chief Jeffrey Goldberg asks Burns: What would the Founding Fathers make of this political moment in America? Watch the full discussion at the link.

From The Atlantic. “I don’t think I’ve ever been to a weirder comedy show.” Helen Lewis attended the controversial Riyadh Comedy Festival in Saudi Arabia—which featured some of America’s most well-known comedians performing stand-up in a theocracy.

From The Atlantic. Becky Kennedy, clinical psychologist and founder and CEO of Good Inside, and Atlantic staff writer Julie Beck explore how to navigate the challenges of modern parenting with effective strategies to foster resilience, secure attachments, and set healthy boundaries in a world of constant distraction and digital overload

From The Atlantic. Margaret Thatcher was different from the modern right in many ways, Charles Moore tells David Frum: “I think she was fundamentally a legitimist. She believed in the institutions of her country and she had no desire to dismantle them.” Watch the full episode and subscribe to The David Frum Show at the…

From The Atlantic. This week, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments about the last remaining section of the Voting Rights Act, a civil rights law designed to ensure that states could not get in the way of nonwhite citizens voting. We talk to Stacey Abrams, voting rights activist and former candidate for Georgia governor, and…

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