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Americans Don’t Do This

On Mahmoud Khalil and the right to free expression

DOGE Was Bad. Schedule F Will Be Worse.

An executive order will convert 50,000 government employees into de facto political appointees who serve only at the president’s pleasure.

The Elite College Students Who Can’t Read Books

To read a book in college, it helps to have read a book in high school.

A New Book Challenges the Church’s Reputation on Sex

Mainstream Christianity’s attitudes about sex have always been complicated—and its institutions might even be able to evolve.

The Coming Economic Nightmare

Trump’s tariffs could cause stagflation for the first time in decades. It may go on for a long, long time.

The Conversation That Moviegoers Don’t Need to Be Having

Sinners has made a splash at the box office, but analysts want to focus on the money it isn’t making.

Radio Atlantic: In the Oval Office With Donald Trump

A conversation with Jeffrey Goldberg, Ashley Parker, and Michael Scherer about their recent interview with the president of the United States

I Should Have Seen This Coming

When I joined the conservative movement in the 1980s, there were two types of people: those who cared earnestly about ideas, and those who wanted only to shock the left. The reactionary fringe has won.

The Knowledge That Brings True Happiness

Three principles to help you decide whether to go to college

The End of Chicken-Breast Dominance

The price of boneless chicken thighs is finally catching up with the price of white meat.

The ‘Profound’ Experience of Seeing a New Color

The ecstasy of “olo”

Musk’s High-Tech Polygamy Is a Dead End

The billionaire’s vision of family is bad for women and children.

An ‘Impossible’ Disease Outbreak in the Alps

In one tiny town, more than a dozen people were diagnosed with the rare neurodegenerative disease ALS. Why?

What Porn Taught a Generation of Women

It colored our ambitions, our sense of self, our relationships, our bodies, our work, and our art.

Harvard and the Making of the Unabomber

A series of purposely brutalizing psychological experiments may have confirmed Theodore Kaczynski’s still-forming belief in the evil of science while he was in college.

A Ticking Clock on American Freedom

It’s later than you think, but it’s not too late.

Columbia University’s Anti-Semitism Problem

If the bullying of Jewish students had happened to any other group, the institution would be appalled.

Lighthouse Parents Have More Confident Kids

Sometimes, the best thing a parent can do is nothing at all.

How the Ivy League Broke America

The meritocracy isn’t working. We need something new.

Signalgate, Trump, and The Atlantic

Denial and attack have worked exceedingly well for the president. But there are limits.