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Elon Musk’s Most Alarming Power Grab

Can anyone stop his space-based internet?

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.

Read The Atlantic’s Interview With Donald Trump

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

A Totally Unnecessary Way to Stress Parents Out

The tyranny of school spirit days

A Crisis Is No Time for Amateurs

The unfolding conflict between Pakistan and India needs to be handled with the utmost care and competence.

Trump Finally Drops the Anti-Semitism Pretext

The latest letter to Harvard makes clear that the administration’s goal is to punish liberal institutions for the crime of being liberal.

Dear James: When My Husband Speaks, My Brain Turns to Mush

Is this a normal marriage thing?

‘The Worst Internet-Research Ethics Violation I Have Ever Seen’

The most persuasive “people” on a popular subreddit turned out to be a front for a secret AI experiment.

How the Ivy League Broke America

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

Why Are Young People Everywhere So Unhappy?

Here’s the answer to that—and what we can do about it.

The Plight of the Eldest Daughter

Women are expected to be nurturers. Firstborns are expected to be exemplars. Being both is exhausting.

Something Alarming Is Happening to the Job Market

A new sign that AI is competing with college grads

Breakfast Is Breaking

The classic American version hasn’t changed much in a century. Now it faces an identity crisis.

How Hitler Dismantled a Democracy in 53 Days

He used the constitution to shatter the constitution.

How the Most Remote Community in America Gets Its Mail

Transporting letters and packages to the village of Supai requires a feat of logistics, horsemanship, and carefully placed hooves.

What Kind of Questions Did 17th-Century Daters Have?

Advice columns have always appealed to people’s perennial confusion about love and marriage.

We’ve Been Thinking About Love All Wrong

What illness taught me about true friendship

How Much Would You Pay for That Doll?

How tariffs may challenge the way you shop

How Spying Helped Erode American Trust

Espionage has always been with us, but its rapid growth over the past century raises questions about who we are.

Quaker Parents Were Ahead of Their Time

The nearly 375-year-old religion’s principles line up surprisingly well with modern parenting research.