Dear James: When My Husband Speaks, My Brain Turns to Mush
Is this a normal marriage thing?
Airport Detentions Have Travelers ‘Freaked Out’
Fears of being detained are in overdrive, even if the Trump administration insists that they’re overblown.
How to Stay in Touch With Your Friends
The Atlantic’s writers and editors share what they do when life gets in the way.
How the Ivy League Broke America
The meritocracy isn’t working. We need something new.
The Catharsis in Re-Creating One of the Worst Days of Your Life
Making the film Warfare was an exercise in exposure therapy for the veterans whose memories it reconstructs.
How Hitler Dismantled a Democracy in 53 Days
He used the constitution to shatter the constitution.
A Defense Against Gaslighting Sociopaths
If you can recognize their signature move, then forewarned is forearmed.
Why Are Young People Everywhere So Unhappy?
Here’s the answer to that—and what we can do about it.
Lighthouse Parents Have More Confident Kids
Sometimes, the best thing a parent can do is nothing at all.
‘It’s All Cronyism Going Forward’
A flu researcher the Trump administration elevated to power will now benefit from a massive funding award.
Breakfast Is Breaking
The classic American version hasn’t changed much in a century. Now it faces an identity crisis.
I Should Have Seen This Coming
When I joined the conservative movement in the 1980s, there were two types of people: those who cared earnestly about ideas, and those who wanted only to shock the left. The reactionary fringe has won.
How to Prepare for the Trumpcession
I don’t know what’s happening, but I’m stocking up on ibuprofen.
The U.S. Threat Looming Over Canada
The consequences if Trump followed through on his belligerent rhetoric about a “51st state” would be catastrophic.
The Collapse of Feminism
Spice Girls slogans and reality-TV aesthetics: A new book traces how feminism morphed into clickable objectification.
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