Hamas Must Go
The terror group has proved again and again that it will sabotage any efforts to forge a lasting peace.
Have Yourself an Early Little Christmas
Why I put my tree up before I carve the Thanksgiving turkey
Trump Isn’t Merely Unhinged
Many of his recent statements illustrate a profoundly un-American set of ideas.
Why Is America Afraid of Black History?
No one should fear a history that asks a country to live up to its highest ideals.
The Questions That Most Need Asking
The Atlantic revisits Reconstruction.
How Reconstruction Created American Public Education
Freedpeople and their advocates persuaded the nation to embrace schooling for all.
What The Atlantic Got Wrong About Reconstruction
In 1901, a series of articles took a dim view of the era, and of the idea that all Americans ought to participate in the democratic process.
How Black Americans Kept Reconstruction Alive
The federal government abandoned Reconstruction in 1877, but Black people didn’t give up on the moment’s promise.
The Annotated Frederick Douglass
In 1866, the famous abolitionist laid out his vision for radically reshaping America in the pages of The Atlantic.
The False Binary in Higher Ed
Liberal education and career training aren’t mutually exclusive.
London’s Day of Creeping Extremism
On a day dedicated to peace, the British capital is consumed by competing symbols.
The Timeshare Comes for Us All
I was a patsy, a sucker, a fool.
‘If We Go on Living Like This, Israel Is Not Going to Find Peace’
In the short term, indirect rule of Gaza by the Palestinian Authority is worth considering.
Why Americans Can’t Accept the Good Economic News
They’re better off but not feeling it—which could be a really big political problem.
The West Must Defeat Russia
Putin hasn’t given up his plans. He thinks Ukraine’s allies will lose interest.
The Day After Netanyahu
Israel has long succeeded in spite of its leaders, not because of them.
Harsh Anti-abortion Laws Are Not Empty Threats
The history of the Comstock Act shows how activists can find ways to enforce laws that might appear superficially “unenforceable.”
An Unusually Tricky Campus Free-Speech Fight
Florida’s shutdown of pro-Palestinian student groups was wrong. But was it illegal?
The AI Debate Is Happening in a Cocoon
The risks posed by new technologies are not science fiction. They are real.
Sleep More and Be Happier
When Shakespeare called a good night’s rest the “balm of hurt minds,” he was really onto something.