A Perfect Case for Congressional Action
No one man should control the economy.
Conor Friedersdorf
Conor Friedersdorf is a staff writer at The Atlantic. Before joining The Atlantic in 2010, he was the features editor at Culture11 and a reporter for the Los Angeles News Group. He is the founding editor of The Best of Journalism, a newsletter devoted to exceptional nonfiction.
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Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Win McNamee / Getty. The Trump Team Has a Double Standard on State Secrets
Officials have been careless with sensitive information while claiming that innocuous facts can’t be public.
Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Getty. Trump Is Deporting ‘Them’ in Ways That Threaten Us
The president’s strategy for targeting foreigners endangers the rights of Americans too.
Pedro Mattey / AFP / Getty Make Public-Health Officials Stay in Their Lane Again
Fighting anti-Semitism isn’t RFK Jr.’s job.
Ian Maule / Getty DEI Has Lost All Meaning
We can’t debate its merits when we don’t agree on what it is.
Illustration by The Atlantic The Obvious Inefficiency of Elon Musk’s New Order
DOGE is wasting time and money on what makes sense only as a troll or a publicity stunt.
Francis Chung / POLITICO / AP How to Rebuild From the Ashes
Santa Rosa’s Coffey Park was destroyed by a fire in 2017—but mostly recovered. It could be a model for Altadena and Pacific Palisades.
Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Matt Dutcher / Getty. Don’t Politicize Aviation Safety
The tragic airliner crash in Washington underscores the risks of cavalier changes to regulatory agencies.
Andrew Caballero-Reynolds / Getty L.A. Isn’t Ready for What’s Next
Sooner or later, a winter storm will hit, and deadly mudslides and debris flows will likely follow.
Li Ying / Xinhua / Eyevine / Redux How Los Angeles Must Rebuild
“Almost everything you can do to avoid the worst outcomes must take place long before that first spark.”
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