Franklin Foer

Franklin Foer is a staff writer at The Atlantic. He is the author of The Last Politician: Inside Joe Biden's White House and the Struggle for America's Future and World Without Mind: The Existential Threat of Big Tech. He was previously the editor of The New Republic and a staff writer at Slate and New York magazine. His other books include How Soccer Explains the World and Jewish Jocks (co-edited with Marc Tracy), which won a National Jewish Book Award.

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  1. The Unique Danger of a Trumpist Oligarchy

    A corrupt cabal of billionaires would entangle themselves with the Trump administration and form a double-barreled threat to the American system.

    A photo illustration of Jeff Bezos, Donald Trump, and Elon Musk
    Illustration by The Atlantic. Sources: Michael M. Santiago / Getty; Samuel Corum / Getty; Jeff Spicer / Getty.
  2. What Elon Musk Really Wants

    The Tesla and X mogul has long dreamed of redesigning the world in his own extreme image. Trump may be his Trojan horse.

    Split image of Donald Trump on left and Elon Musk on right
    Illustration by Ben Kothe / The Atlantic. Sources: Spencer Platt / Getty; Apu Gomes / Getty.
  3. The War That Would Not End

    Inside the year-long American effort to release the hostages, end the fighting in Gaza, and bring peace to the Middle East

    Photo-collage of Joe Biden, Antony Blinken, and Benjamin Netanyahu
    Illustration by Cristiana Couceiro*