America Needs More Judges Like Judge Myers
He did the right thing in North Carolina’s Supreme Court fight, and he deserves praise.
‘The Worst Internet-Research Ethics Violation I Have Ever Seen’
The most persuasive “people” on a popular subreddit turned out to be a front for a secret AI experiment.
Read The Atlantic’s Interview With Donald Trump
A conversation with the president about executive power, Signalgate, and 24-karat gold
The Brands Are Very Sorry About Your Trauma
Why so many companies are inviting people to opt out of Mother’s Day emails
The Godfather of the Woke Right
A 2011 book by Pat Buchanan shows the deep roots of today’s right-wing illiberalism.
The Impossible Plight of the Pro-Tariff Liberals
They finally got the Democratic Party to listen to them. Then came Trump’s second term.
Grandparents Are Reaching Their Limit
Older Americans might be doing more child care than ever.
What Kind of Questions Did 17th-Century Daters Have?
Advice columns have always appealed to people’s perennial confusion about love and marriage.
Everything I Thought I Knew About Nasal Congestion Is Wrong
Start with this: You really have two noses.
Airport Detentions Have Travelers ‘Freaked Out’
Fears of being detained are in overdrive, even if the Trump administration insists that they’re overblown.
Breakfast Is Breaking
The classic American version hasn’t changed much in a century. Now it faces an identity crisis.
The Catharsis in Re-Creating One of the Worst Days of Your Life
Making the film Warfare was an exercise in exposure therapy for the veterans whose memories it reconstructs.
We’ve Been Thinking About Love All Wrong
What illness taught me about true friendship
The Plight of the Eldest Daughter
Women are expected to be nurturers. Firstborns are expected to be exemplars. Being both is exhausting.
Dear James: When My Husband Speaks, My Brain Turns to Mush
Is this a normal marriage thing?
Elon Musk’s Most Alarming Power Grab
Can anyone stop his space-based internet?
Trump’s Kennedy Center Debut: Les Mis and Six-Figure Checks
The president will attend a fundraiser and a showing of Les Misérables at an institution he hopes to remake in his image.
Don’t Look at Stock Markets. Look at the Ports.
A drop in maritime traffic suggests that the worst is yet to come.
What Porn Taught a Generation of Women
It colored our ambitions, our sense of self, our relationships, our bodies, our work, and our art.
Something Alarming Is Happening to the Job Market
A new sign that AI is competing with college grads
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