Trump’s Weak Position on Trade
An incoherent American policy has allowed China to benefit from its focus and resolve.
‘I Run the Country and the World’
Donald Trump believes he’s invincible. But the cracks are beginning to show.
The Real Motive Behind the Real ID–Deadline Charade
The Trump administration turned a legitimate national-security priority into an empty threat against immigrants.
Meghalaya: The Wettest Place on Earth
How the World Became Awash in Synthetics
It started in 1934, with a PR crisis.
The Big Focus on Federal Judges Is Not a Good Sign
Elevating them as individuals only serves Trump’s interests.
‘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.
Is This the Worst-Ever Era of American Pop Culture?
An emerging critical consensus argues that we’ve entered a cultural dark age. I’m not so sure.
The Oddball British Comedy Show I Thought I’d Hate (And Learned to Love)
The cult favorite Taskmaster has a nonsensical premise that slowly bowled me over.
The Plight of the Eldest Daughter
Women are expected to be nurturers. Firstborns are expected to be exemplars. Being both is exhausting.
How the Ivy League Broke America
The meritocracy isn’t working. We need something new.
Something Alarming Is Happening to the Job Market
A new sign that AI is competing with college grads
We’ve Been Thinking About Love All Wrong
What illness taught me about true friendship
The Comic Who’s His Own Worst Enemy
The Rehearsal takes the prankster’s quest for self-betterment to new extremes.
Read The Atlantic’s Interview With Donald Trump
A conversation with the president about executive power, Signalgate, and 24-karat gold
A Totally Unnecessary Way to Stress Parents Out
The tyranny of school spirit days
Trump Finally Drops the Anti-Semitism Pretext
The latest letter to Harvard makes clear that the administration’s goal is to punish liberal institutions for the crime of being liberal.
Why Kids Aren’t Falling in Love With Reading
Hint: It’s not just the screens.
Teens Are Forgoing a Classic Rite of Passage
Fewer young people are getting into relationships.
What If Friendship, Not Marriage, Was at the Center of Life?
“Our boyfriends, our significant others, and our husbands are supposed to be No. 1. Our worlds are backward.”