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Emergency Food for 3 Million Children Is Stuck in DOGE Limbo

Elon Musk said he would preserve lifesaving aid to foreign children. Then the Trump administration quietly canceled it.

This Is Why Dictatorships Fail

The authors of the Constitution separated powers for a reason.

History Will Judge the Complicit

Why have Republican leaders abandoned their principles in support of an immoral and dangerous president?

What the Press Got Wrong About Hitler

Journalists accurately reported that the führer was a “Little Man” whom the whole world was laughing at. It didn’t matter.

They Never Thought Trump Would Have Them Deported

The administration’s drive to carry out the largest campaign in history has ensnared people who didn’t see themselves as targets.

A Defense Against Gaslighting Sociopaths

If you can recognize their signature move, then forewarned is forearmed.

Trump Has Found His Class Enemy

The president unleashes a Marxist theory of power—but against knowledge workers, not billionaires.

The Best American Poetry of the 21st Century (So Far)

The 25 most consequential collections from the past 25 years

Here Are the Attack Plans That Trump’s Advisers Shared on Signal

The administration has downplayed the importance of the text messages inadvertently sent to The Atlantic’s editor in chief.

What the Courts Can Still Do to Constrain Trump

Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s deportation case is a test for the rule of law.

The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans

U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.

There Are Two Types of Dishwasher People

And only one of them really knows how to load it.

By the Time Political Violence Gets Worse, It Will Be Too Late

The arson at Josh Shapiro’s residence is the latest harrowing attack on Democratic norms.

Mario Vargas Llosa’s Question for the Trump Era

The Nobel Prize–winning novelist, who died this week, traveled through both literature and politics with a heedlessness you had to admire.

What Ketamine Does to the Human Brain

Excessive use of the drug can make anyone feel like they rule the world.

The Game That Shows We’re Thinking About History All Wrong

A radical tweak makes Civilization more realistic—and more depressing.

Trump’s Harvard Whiplash

The demands the Trump administration is placing on the university are internally contradictory.

An ‘Impossible’ Disease Outbreak in the Alps

In one tiny town, more than a dozen people were diagnosed with the rare neurodegenerative disease ALS. Why?

Grandparents Are Reaching Their Limit

Older Americans might be doing more child care than ever.

Would You Give PornHub Your ID?

What happened when Louisiana tried to stop kids from watching porn