Trump’s Campaign to Scare Off Foreign Students
The administration’s recent crackdown could have a powerful deterrent effect.
The ‘Man-Eater’ Screwworm Is Coming
After a decades-long campaign to beat the parasites down to Panama, they’re speeding back up north.
A Film That Captures a ‘Friend Breakup’
In the movie Friendship, one man will stop at nothing to get his bro back.
Trump’s Tirades Aren’t Swaying Putin
The president stamping his feet on social media will do nothing to quell Russia’s aims.
The Era of DEI for Conservatives Has Begun
In an effort to attract more right-leaning faculty, some elite universities are borrowing tactics long used to promote racial diversity.
The People Who Clean the Ears of Lincoln (And Other Statues)
A collection of images of the varied workers and techniques used to maintain some of the world’s largest and most prominent statues and monuments.
Trump Is Tired of Courts Telling Him He’s Breaking the Law
Beneath the technical arguments at the Supreme Court last week was an effort to take away one of the only really effective legal tools for reining in the executive branch.
Ukraine’s New Way of War
American weapons are important, but Ukrainian drones have changed everything.
‘I Run the Country and the World’
Donald Trump believes he’s invincible. But the cracks are beginning to show.
Unraveling the Secrets of the Inca Empire
For hundreds of years, Andean people recorded information by tying knots into long cords. Will we ever be able to read them?
How to Disappear
Inside the world of extreme-privacy consultants, who, for the right fee, will make you and your personal information very hard to find
How the Ivy League Broke America
The meritocracy isn’t working. We need something new.
Your Childhood Home Might Never Stop Haunting You
Many of us feel pulled toward the places where we grew up. But it can be weird when old and new selves collide.
The Decline and Fall of Elon Musk
The Tesla innovator becomes the latest government employee to lose his job.
What the Show of the Summer Knows About Intimacy
The new Netflix miniseries Sirens has beachy vibes but a dark heart.
The Visionary of Trump 2.0
Russell Vought is advancing a radical ideological project decades in the making.
24 Books to Get Lost in This Summer
The Atlantic’s writers and editors have chosen fiction and nonfiction to match all sorts of moods.
‘We’re Definitely Going to Build a Bunker Before We Release AGI’
The true story behind the chaos at OpenAI
The Most Controversial Game on the Internet
Wyna Liu, the editor of the New York Times game Connections, discusses her process and the particular ire her puzzles inspire.
How to Hide a Constitutional Crisis
The executive branch is relying on the language of the law as cover to claim that it is complying with court orders when in fact it is not.