Why I’m Leaving Pacific Palisades
My family survived the fire. We want to rebuild. But another, greater conflagration has enveloped us.
America’s Most Popular Drug Has a Puzzling Side Effect. We Finally Know Why.
The reason statins can make your muscles sore or weak was unclear—until scientists accidentally stumbled upon an answer.
The Crisis of American Leadership Reaches an Empty Desert
Photographs from the humanitarian disaster in Sudan and Chad
How the Ivy League Broke America
The meritocracy isn’t working. We need something new.
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.
A Defense Against Gaslighting Sociopaths
If you can recognize their signature move, then forewarned is forearmed.
History Will Judge the Complicit
Why have Republican leaders abandoned their principles in support of an immoral and dangerous president?
The New Divide in American Marriage
College graduates are marrying at high rates. Everyone else isn’t.
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.
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.
An Eerily Familiar 20th-Century Hoax
What happened when a mega-famous evangelist went missing?
One Word Describes Trump
A century ago, a German sociologist explained precisely how the president thinks about the world.
Read The Atlantic’s Interview With Donald Trump
A conversation with the president about executive power, Signalgate, and 24-karat gold
Something Alarming Is Happening to the Job Market
A new sign that AI is competing with college grads
Why the Past 10 Years of American Life Have Been Uniquely Stupid
It’s not just a phase.
Scenes From Holy Week
Christians around the world celebrating Holy Week and Easter
The Great American Novels
136 books that made America think
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