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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?

‘I Run the Country and the World’

Donald Trump believes he’s invincible. But the cracks are beginning to show.

How Part-Time Jobs Became a Trap

For millions of American low-wage workers today, the problem is not overwork—it’s underwork.

How the Ivy League Broke America

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

Trump’s Legal Strategy Has a Name

And it has been deployed by would-be autocrats around the world.

Maybe Star Wars Is Better Without Lightsabers

The TV series Andor achieved greatness by challenging the franchise’s good-and-evil dichotomy.

Read The Atlantic’s Interview With Donald Trump

A conversation with the president about executive power, Signalgate, and 24-karat gold

Trump’s Third-Term Ambitions Are Very Revealing

The president sees the Constitution as an obstacle to be surmounted, not a repository of values that he must respect.

Now Is Not the Time to Eat Bagged Lettuce

Food safety in America is under attack.

Why Kids Aren’t Falling in Love With Reading

Hint: It’s not just the screens.

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?

AI Is Not Your Friend

How the “opinionated” chatbots destroyed AI’s potential, and how we can fix it

The Roman Way to Trash a Republic

When you’re the emperor Augustus, they let you do it.

A Defense Against Gaslighting Sociopaths

If you can recognize their signature move, then forewarned is forearmed.

We’re All Living in a Carl Hiaasen Novel

In the mangroves with Florida’s poet of excess and grift

Just Let Your Kids Play With Makeup

Many people consider it a red flag. It doesn’t have to be.

Something Alarming Is Happening to the Job Market

A new sign that AI is competing with college grads

The Most Corrupt Presidency in American History

Anne Applebaum on America’s backsliding democracy

China Called Trump’s Bluff

There is a lesson here for anyone Trump threatens.

ChatGPT Turned Into a Studio Ghibli Machine. How Is That Legal?

Three possible arguments against the tech company