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.
Read The Atlantic’s Interview With Donald Trump
A conversation with the president about executive power, Signalgate, and 24-karat gold
Trump and the Crown Prince
He’s the American president Gulf leaders have been waiting for.
Maybe Star Wars Is Better Without Lightsabers
The TV series Andor achieved greatness by challenging the franchise’s good-and-evil dichotomy.
Why the Past 10 Years of American Life Have Been Uniquely Stupid
It’s not just a phase.
The MAGA-World Rift Over Trump’s Qatari Jet
Some of the president’s biggest allies are panning his plan to accept the luxury aircraft.
When Your Dream Job Is a Lie
Hacks paints a deflating picture of what it’s like to reach the top of your field.
The Good News About Crime
The sharp rise in violent crime starting in 2020 received lots of attention. The recent reported drops, not so much.
How the Ivy League Broke America
The meritocracy isn’t working. We need something new.
A Week of Manufactured Trump Victories
Shashi Tharoor and the Trump grift machine
The Myth of the Poverty Trap
We know how to end extreme poverty. Why haven’t we done it?
Why Study History?
Civic education can help us to see that not all problems have solutions, to live with tentative answers, to accept compromise, to embrace responsibilities as well as rights—to understand that democracy is a way of living, not a settled destination.
Confessions of a Republican Exile
A longtime conservative, alienated by Trumpism, tries to come to terms with life on the moderate edge of the Democratic Party.
Trump’s Tactical Burger Unit Is Beyond Parody
Happy Meal Team Six
The Most Corrupt Presidency in American History
Anne Applebaum on America’s backsliding democracy
The Efficacy of Prayer
“The very question ‘Does prayer work?’ puts us in the wrong frame of mind from the outset.”
This Is the Way a World Order Ends
Americans once associated spheres of influence with a cynical, volatile European past. Now Washington is resurrecting them.
One Word Describes Trump
A century ago, a German sociologist explained precisely how the president thinks about the world.
The Conclave Just Did the Unthinkable
What an American pope means for the Catholic Church and the world
The Mad Dual-Hatter
Trump’s reliance on the same group of officials to fill multiple jobs is dangerous.