What Adults Forget About Reading
Why my daughters love rereading Raina Telgemeier’s graphic novels
What the Colorado Oral Argument Missed
The justices seem ready to leave the issue of Donald Trump’s eligibility up to Congress. Here’s why they shouldn’t.
What Biden’s Critics Get Wrong About His Gaffes
The president’s Mexico mistake is a warning sign, but not the one his critics think.
The Paradox of Stay-at-Home Parents
American society is largely built around the assumption that one parent will stay home. So why is there so little material support for homemakers?
Hong Kong Is Self-Destructing
The city’s lawmakers won’t try to solve its problems. They’re too busy mimicking Beijing.
A Big-Box-Store Allegory
A satirist of literary Brooklyn now explores life in an upstate shopping warehouse.
How a Playwright Became One of the Most Incisive Social Critics of Our Time
The subversive vision of Michael R. Jackson
Taylor Swift Is Just the Latest Subject in a Long History of Pop Conspiracy Theories
As weird as the conspiracy theory may sound, it’s just a few short hops away from a rather popular way of thinking about culture.
The Validation Brigade Salutes Trump
Full support of the former president has become almost banal among Republicans, like joining a grocery line.
Photos of the Week: Ferret Racing, Ice Castles, Sauna Marathon
Scenes from the World Aquatics Championships in Qatar, new lava flows in southwestern Iceland, a freestyle-skiing competition in Utah, a Carnival gala on Tenerife, and much more
Biden’s Age Is Now Unavoidable
Joe Biden looks like he is turning into a statue of Joe Biden.
If Russia Wins
Republican obstructionism could lead to global disaster.
The Supreme Court Is Eager to Rid Itself of This Difficult Trump Question
It just doesn’t know how.
The Special Counsel’s Devastating Description of Biden
Robert Hur’s report recommends against charging the president but paints Biden as an “elderly man with a poor memory.”
Why Republican Politicians Do Whatever Trump Says
The former president’s stories of business dominance were often exaggerated. With Republican politicians, he’s found a group he can control.
Zelensky Finds a General
Ukrainian General Valerii Zaluzhny had the second-most-difficult job in the world. His boss has the most difficult one.
‘Evidence Maximalism’ Is How the Internet Argues Now
A simple theory for why the internet is so conspiratorial
How The Atlantic First Made Sense of Jazz
In 1922, a musicologist imagined how future historians might judge the day’s jazz cynics.
The Despots of Silicon Valley
The intellectual origins of the movement that self-described “techno-optimists” are advancing is dark—and deeply familiar.
Trump’s ‘Knock on the Door’
The former president and his aides are formulating plans to deport millions of migrants.