The Wrong Way to Motivate Your Kid
When children fall short, many parents’ instinct is to take away something they love. That’s the wrong impulse.
America Is Having a Showboater Moment
The Trump administration talks tough on crime but shrugs off the work of real law enforcement.
The Mess at Airports Is Part of a Larger Pattern
What’s behind the Newark-airport fiasco
What Should You Let Your Kids Read?
Giving them some independence can help rekindle their love of books.
How the Ivy League Broke America
The meritocracy isn’t working. We need something new.
Read The Atlantic’s Interview With Donald Trump
A conversation with the president about executive power, Signalgate, and 24-karat gold
Silicon Valley Braces for Chaos
The center of the tech universe seems to believe that Trump’s tariff whiplash is nothing compared with what they see coming from AI.
Trump and the Crown Prince
He’s the American president Gulf leaders have been waiting for.
DOGE Is Bringing Back a Deadly Disease
Cuts to agencies that protect workers’ lungs are going to result in the resurgence of a preventable illness.
American Panopticon
The Trump administration is pooling data on Americans. Experts fear what comes next.
The Golden Age of the Fried-Chicken Sandwich
The sun is setting on burger dominance.
And the Oscar Goes to … Something the Voters Didn’t Watch
The Academy has a new rule to address this problem. Good luck with enforcing that.
A Defense Against Gaslighting Sociopaths
If you can recognize their signature move, then forewarned is forearmed.
A Crisis Is No Time for Amateurs
The unfolding conflict between Pakistan and India needs to be handled with the utmost care and competence.
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.
The Most Corrupt Presidency in American History
Anne Applebaum on America’s backsliding democracy
The Ultimate Bait and Switch of Trump’s Tariffs
How to understand the phony trade deals with Britain and China
The New York Times's Oddly Sexual Report on a Park in Williamsburg
The New York Times's latest dispatch from Brooklyn is not only questionable for its newsworthiness; it's also a little bit porny.
The Roman Way to Trash a Republic
When you’re the emperor Augustus, they let you do it.
History Will Judge the Complicit
Why have Republican leaders abandoned their principles in support of an immoral and dangerous president?