The Cynical Republican Plan to Cut Medicaid
Work requirements set up a thicket of paperwork that leads eligible Medicaid recipients to lose their insurance. That’s the point.
Trump’s Legal Strategy Has a Name
And it has been deployed by would-be autocrats around the world.
How the Ivy League Broke America
The meritocracy isn’t working. We need something new.
The Sociopaths Among Us—And How to Avoid Them
You’re bound to come across the “Dark Triad” type of malignant narcissists in life—and they can be superficially appealing. Better to look for their exact opposite.
History Will Judge the Complicit
Why have Republican leaders abandoned their principles in support of an immoral and dangerous president?
A Defense Against Gaslighting Sociopaths
If you can recognize their signature move, then forewarned is forearmed.
The Roman Way to Trash a Republic
When you’re the emperor Augustus, they let you do it.
The Myth of the Poverty Trap
We know how to end extreme poverty. Why haven’t we done it?
The Honeymoon Is Ending in Syria
A former jihadist needs more than charisma to heal his shattered country.
Trump’s Third-Term Ambitions Are Very Revealing
The president sees the Constitution as an obstacle to be surmounted, not a repository of values that he must respect.
ChatGPT Turned Into a Studio Ghibli Machine. How Is That Legal?
Three possible arguments against the tech company
The Racist Legacy of Woodrow Wilson
Students at Princeton University are protesting the ways it honors the former president, who once threw a civil-rights leader out of the White House.
Why the Past 10 Years of American Life Have Been Uniquely Stupid
It’s not just a phase.
Read The Atlantic’s Interview With Donald Trump
A conversation with the president about executive power, Signalgate, and 24-karat gold
Against Sunscreen Absolutism
Moderate sun exposure can be good for you. Why won’t American experts acknowledge that?
How America Got Mean
In a culture devoid of moral education, generations are growing up in a morally inarticulate, self-referential world.
There’s No Such Thing as a Free Plane
Donald Trump is in talks to accept a $400 million gift from Qatar—presumably not simply out of generosity.
Weight-Loss Drugs Aren’t Really About Weight
To figure out who will benefit most, doctors should consider a particularly toxic kind of fat.
Retirement Is the New Resistance
The Democrats waging war on their gerontocracy
The Not-at-All-Funny Life of Mark Twain
Ron Chernow’s biography dwells more on the wreck of a man than on his sublimely comic work.