Even if you don’t care AT ALL about America’s best free restaurant bread, I urge you to pick up a print copy of @TheAtlantic’s May issue solely because the cover designed by Liz Hart is GORGEOUS and you will look good walking around holding it.
This note, which Julia Ward Howe wrote when she submitted Battle Hymn of the Republic to @TheAtlantic, is roughly how every writer I know at the magazine still files a piece. theatlantic.com/magazine/202…
If she manages to bring the world-wreckingly good buttermilk biscuits from the original store to this location, you people will never leave Brooklyn again. And why should you?!
Alison Roman announced today that she will open First Bloom Brooklyn this fall in Brooklyn Heights. It will include a grocery store, coffee, and prepared foods. curbed.com/article/alison-ro…
A beautiful wild Corn Snake showing off its distinctive “piano key” belly. Despite the dramatic pose, these non-venomous snakes are completely harmless.
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NEW: One of the most dangerous drivers in New York City is an NYPD cop on Staten Island. He’s gotten 547 school-zone speeding and red-light tickets in the past four years.
The NYPD is refusing to intervene: nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/04/…
Even if you don’t care AT ALL about America’s best free restaurant bread, I urge you to pick up a print copy of @TheAtlantic’s May issue solely because the cover designed by Liz Hart is GORGEOUS and you will look good walking around holding it.
Truly, you will never see a more thrilling bread photoshoot. Shoutout to Bifen Xu for pulling it together. She had to wrangle breads from all over America and she nailed it. My girl!!! I LOVE looking at this thing.
I was going to say “I had so much fun reporting this story!” but actually I think I was stressed out the whole time, sprinting in a blind panic, trying to figure out why the hell I pitched this. I think that comes across in the text. Hope you enjoy! theatlantic.com/magazine/202…
I was going to say “I had so much fun reporting this story!” but actually I think I was stressed out the whole time, sprinting in a blind panic, trying to figure out why the hell I pitched this. I think that comes across in the text. Hope you enjoy! theatlantic.com/magazine/202…
A story about following your dreams even if they’re stupid, and believing in yourself, even if you’re stupid (which would explain the quality of the dreams): theatlantic.com/magazine/202…
Thirteen thousand miles. Infinite contenders. One beautiful loaf. @caityweaver set out on a monthslong quest to find the best free restaurant bread in America. Here’s her answer: theatlantic.com/magazine/202…
A decade before @AshleyRParker's father died, she lost him to dementia. She writes about the heartbreak of mourning someone before they’re gone: theatln.tc/w8HS8NMV
🎨: Vivian Dehning. Source: Ashley Parker.
Jesus Christ, @Jonesieman talked to 75 (SEVENTY-FIVE) people for his profile of @praddenkeefe. The notion that 75 people could possibly have a word to say about me makes me feel ill. (There’s no way I even know 75 ppl—but just the thought.) Great profile: nytimes.com/2026/04/02/style…