The Atlantic Magazine - May 2024

In this issue

The Great Serengeti Land Grab
How Maasai land became private hunting grounds for Dubai royals
By Stephanie McCrummen

CLASH OF THE PATRIARCHS
By Robert F. Worth
A hard-line Russian bishop backed by the political might of the Kremlin could split the Orthodox Church in two.

A Meatball at Sea
Seven nights aboard the biggest cruise ship that has ever sailed
By Gary Shteyngart

WILLIAM WHITWORTH 1937-2024

WILLIAM WHITWORTH, the editor of The Atlantic from 1980 to 1999, had a soft voice and an Arkansas accent that decades of living in New York and New England never much eroded.

6 mins

The Great Serengeti Land Grab

How Gulf princes, wealthy tourists, and conservation groups displacing the Maasai people

10+ mins

THE MAN WHO DIED FOR THE LIBERAL ARTS

Chugging through Pacific waters in February 1942, the USS Crescent City was ferrying construction equipment and Navy personnel to Pearl Harbor, dispatched there to assist in repairing the severely damaged naval base after the Japanese attack.

10+ mins

CLASH OF THE PATRIARCHS

A hard-line Russian bishop backed by the political might of the Kremlin could split the Orthodox Church in two.

10+ mins

Before Facebook, There Was BlackPlanet

An alternative history of the social web

10+ mins

Miranda's Last Gift

When our daughter died suddenly, she left us with grief, memories and Ringo.

10+ mins

Is Theo Von the Next Joe Rogan?

Or is he something else entirely?

5 mins

Christine Blasey Ford Testifies Again

Her new memoir doubles as a modern-day horror story.

9 mins

What's So Bad About Asking Where Humans Came From?

Human origin stories have often been used for nefarious purposes. That doesn't mean they are worthless.

10 mins

Orwell's Escape

Why the author repaired to the remote Isle of Jura to write his masterpiece, 1984

10+ mins

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