How the U.S. Lost the Canadian Election
Trump’s threats to annex Canada reversed its political trend—but they should not reverse its commitment to free trade.
Russia Is in Demographic Free Fall. Putin Isn’t Helping.
The Russian president is enacting one of the world’s most extreme natalism programs—and one of the weirdest.
Well, That’s One Way to Address America’s Vaping Problem
Millions of Americans are inhaling e-cigarettes illegally imported from China. Because of tariffs, they’re about to get a lot more expensive.
The Awful Bind of the El Salvador Prisoners
Kilmar Abrego Garcia is one of hundreds of detainees who have been denied their day in court.
The Texas County Where ‘Everybody Has Somebody in Their Family’ With Dementia
And many people with the condition are cared for at home.
The Short-Circuiting of the American Mind
A century-old book foresaw Trump’s most basic strategy.
The Great Language Flattening
Chatbots learned from human writing. Now it’s their turn to influence us.
An Unsustainable Presidency
Nothing about Donald Trump’s first 100 days has been ordinary.
Trump Is Paving the Way for Another ‘China Shock’
The MIT economist David Autor helped fracture the old free-trade consensus. But he thinks that what’s replacing it is even worse.
The End of Chicken-Breast Dominance
The price of boneless chicken thighs is finally catching up with the price of white meat.
DOGE Was Bad. Schedule F Will Be Worse.
An executive order will convert 50,000 government employees into de facto political appointees who serve only at the president’s pleasure.
Teens Are Forgoing a Classic Rite of Passage
Fewer young people are getting into relationships.
Signalgate, Trump, and The Atlantic
Denial and attack have worked exceedingly well for the president. But there are limits.
I Should Have Seen This Coming
When I joined the conservative movement in the 1980s, there were two types of people: those who cared earnestly about ideas, and those who wanted only to shock the left. The reactionary fringe has won.
American Panopticon
The Trump administration is pooling data on Americans. Experts fear what comes next.
Who’s Afraid of Gen Z’s Squeaky-Clean, Backflipping Bro?
Benson Boone has charmed his way to the top—and that really seems to bother some people.
Finally, Someone Said It to Joe Rogan’s Face
Should the star podcaster take any responsibility for how he uses his power?
Harvard and the Making of the Unabomber
A series of purposely brutalizing psychological experiments may have confirmed Theodore Kaczynski’s still-forming belief in the evil of science while he was in college.
Americans Don’t Do This
On Mahmoud Khalil and the right to free expression
How the Trump Administration Flipped on Kilmar Abrego Garcia
Officials were developing a plan to get him back to the United States. Why did they stop?
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