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Now Is Not the Time to Eat Bagged Lettuce

Food safety in America is under attack.

Israel Plunges Into Darkness

What Netanyahu describes as impending victory is a dive into the morass.

DOGE Is Bringing Back a Deadly Disease

Cuts to agencies that protect workers’ lungs are going to result in the resurgence of a preventable illness.

How the Ivy League Broke America

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

Something Alarming Is Happening to the Job Market

A new sign that AI is competing with college grads

Read The Atlantic’s Interview With Donald Trump

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

How to Age Up on a Warming Planet

Younger generations are having a hard time imagining their future.

We’re All Living in a Carl Hiaasen Novel

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

A Grand Experiment in Parenthood and Friendship

Would you raise kids with your best pals?

The Oddball British Comedy Show I Thought I’d Hate (And Learned to Love)

The cult favorite Taskmaster has a nonsensical premise that slowly bowled me over.

The Sociopaths Among Us—And How to Avoid Them

You’re bound to come across the “Dark Triad” type of malignant narcissists in life—and they can be superficially appealing. Better to look for their exact opposite.

The Partisan Mind Virus

Dismissing evidence that a politician might be unfit for office is as much a mistake for the right as it was for the left.

The Republicans’ Budget Makes No Sense

Congress is trying to preserve the illusion of revenue while cutting taxes.

The Actual Math Behind DOGE’s Cuts

If you thought Elon Musk was really trying to cut costs, you weren’t in on the joke.

Airport Detentions Have Travelers ‘Freaked Out’

Fears of being detained are in overdrive, even if the Trump administration insists that they’re overblown.

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.

Why the Past 10 Years of American Life Have Been Uniquely Stupid

It’s not just a phase.

SNL Isn’t Really Hot for Your Mom

A raunchy sketch ends up reinforcing the stereotype of mothers as frumpy and sexless.

Just Don’t Call Her Unqualified

Jeanine Pirro, Trump’s nominee for U.S. attorney in Washington, D.C., is a real prosecutor. She’s also a real MAGA partisan.

The Bliss of a Quieter Ego

We live in a world of noisy narcissism, but you can escape the cacophony—and be happier.