The ‘Man-Eater’ Screwworm Is Coming
After a decades-long campaign to beat the parasites down to Panama, they’re speeding back up north.
The Coming Democratic Civil War
A seemingly wonky debate about the “abundance agenda” is really about power.
The Talented Mr. Vance
J. D. Vance could have brought the country’s conflicting strands together. Instead, he took a divisive path to the peak of power.
A Film That Captures a ‘Friend Breakup’
In the movie Friendship, one man will stop at nothing to get his bro back.
‘I Run the Country and the World’
Donald Trump believes he’s invincible. But the cracks are beginning to show.
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.
What the Show of the Summer Knows About Intimacy
The new Netflix miniseries Sirens has beachy vibes but a dark heart.
Trump’s Campaign to Scare Off Foreign Students
The administration’s recent crackdown could have a powerful deterrent effect.
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.
Want to Change Your Personality? Have a Baby.
I knew that becoming a parent would change me—but I had no idea how.
Why the Past 10 Years of American Life Have Been Uniquely Stupid
It’s not just a phase.
Jordan Peterson Is Terribly Wrong About Russia, and the West
On the intellectual bankruptcy of moral equivalence
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?
Trump’s Tirades Aren’t Swaying Putin
The president stamping his feet on social media will do nothing to quell Russia’s aims.
Our Ten Contributions to Civilization
A native of Ohio and a graduate of Ohio State, ARTHUR M. SCHLESINGER was appointed to his professorship at Harvard in 1924. As a teacher and author he is internationally respected for his knowledge of American history, and in the paper that follows he reminds us that over the years this nation has made its weight felt more by ideas than by wealth.
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.
The Decline and Fall of Elon Musk
The Tesla innovator becomes the latest government employee to lose his job.
The Most Corrupt Presidency in American History
Anne Applebaum on America’s backsliding democracy
Ukraine’s New Way of War
American weapons are important, but Ukrainian drones have changed everything.
The End of Rule of Law in America
The 47th president seems to wish he were king—and he is willing to destroy what is precious about this country to get what he wants.
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