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.
The Darker Design Behind Trump’s $400 Million Plane
Through Qatar’s gift of a luxury jet, Trump has escalated American soft corruption to a garish new extreme.
A Different Way to Think About Medicine’s Most Stubborn Enigma
A new book shows that dementia isn’t just a loss, and memory is much more than recollection.
Trump’s Tactical Burger Unit Is Beyond Parody
Happy Meal Team Six
How to Take Charge of Your Family Inheritance
You may be fine with becoming more like your parents or hate the idea. Either way, it’s something you can control.
Photos of the Week: Harness Race, Obelisk Vista, Cheerleading Businessmen
The 1,000th anniversary of a city in France, Vesak Day celebrations in Indonesia, the Eurovision Song Contest in Switzerland, and much more
The Default-Parent Problem
Why do so many people assume that Mom knows what’s going on with the kids, and that Dad does not?
The Myth of the Poverty Trap
We know how to end extreme poverty. Why haven’t we done it?
A Defense Against Gaslighting Sociopaths
If you can recognize their signature move, then forewarned is forearmed.
The MAGA-World Rift Over Trump’s Qatari Jet
Some of the president’s biggest allies are panning his plan to accept the luxury aircraft.
The Most Corrupt Presidency in American History
Anne Applebaum on America’s backsliding democracy
The Plight of the Eldest Daughter
Women are expected to be nurturers. Firstborns are expected to be exemplars. Being both is exhausting.
The Debate That Will Determine How Democrats Govern Next Time
Did the party lose in 2024 despite Joe Biden’s economic approach, or because of it?
How the Ivy League Broke America
The meritocracy isn’t working. We need something new.
The Counterintuitive Workings of the Minimum Wage
The benefits of a $15 minimum would greatly outweigh the costs.
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 Mess at Airports Is Part of a Larger Pattern
What’s behind the Newark-airport fiasco
A Week of Manufactured Trump Victories
Shashi Tharoor and the Trump grift machine
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?