What Parents of Boys Should Know
Daughters tend to receive higher levels of affection and patience at home than sons. But the sons might need it more.
How to Stay in Touch With Your Friends
The Atlantic’s writers and editors share what they do when life gets in the way.
Harvard and the Making of the Unabomber
A series of purposely brutalizing psychological experiments may have confirmed Theodore Kaczynski’s still-forming belief in the evil of science while he was in college.
Hitler’s Terrible Tariffs
By seeking to “liberate” Germans from a globalized world order, the Nazi government sent the national economy careening backwards.
The Putinization of America
Trump’s deference to the Russian dictator has become full-blown imitation.
Private Schools Have Become Truly Obscene
Elite schools breed entitlement, entrench inequality—and then pretend to be engines of social change.
Polyamory, the Ruling Class’s Latest Fad
Americans who most reap the benefits of marriage are the same class who get to declare monogamy passé and boring.
Everything Is the ‘Twitter Files’ Now
The State Department is using Elon Musk’s playbook.
Universities Deserve Special Standing
A good life and a good society require an ongoing search for understanding and knowledge.
The Oligarchs Who Came to Regret Supporting Hitler
They helped him in pursuit of profit. Many ended up in concentration camps.
The Coming Economic Nightmare
Trump’s tariffs could cause stagflation for the first time in decades. It may go on for a long, long time.
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.
How to Want Less
The secret to satisfaction has nothing to do with achievement, money, or stuff.
How the Ivy League Broke America
The meritocracy isn’t working. We need something new.
Oh, How the Men Drone On
My male friends love to talk at me—but not with me.
Teens Are Forgoing a Classic Rite of Passage
Fewer young people are getting into relationships.
The Dark Ages Are Back
Americans must insist on academic freedom, or risk losing what makes our nation great.
America’s Future Is Hungary
MAGA conservatives love Viktor Orbán. But he’s left his country corrupt, stagnant, and impoverished.
History Will Judge the Complicit
Why have Republican leaders abandoned their principles in support of an immoral and dangerous president?
The Retired J.P. Morgan Executive Tracking Trump’s Deportation Flights
A CFO turned activist has become a go-to source for understanding the administration’s immigration crackdown.