And the Oscar Goes to … Something the Voters Didn’t Watch
The Academy has a new rule to address this problem. Good luck with enforcing that.
Read The Atlantic’s Interview With Donald Trump
A conversation with the president about executive power, Signalgate, and 24-karat gold
A Grand Experiment in Parenthood and Friendship
Would you raise kids with your best pals?
A Week of Manufactured Trump Victories
Shashi Tharoor and the Trump grift machine
Return of the Shaman
How visionary healers became a fixture of contemporary American culture and politics
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.
Maybe Star Wars Is Better Without Lightsabers
The TV series Andor achieved greatness by challenging the franchise’s good-and-evil dichotomy.
Trump’s Tactical Burger Unit Is Beyond Parody
Happy Meal Team Six
The Golden Age of the Fried-Chicken Sandwich
The sun is setting on burger dominance.
The Secret Cruelty of T. S. Eliot
Before she died, Emily Hale donated love letters she had received from the author while his wife was ill. Now public, the writings reveal his quiet duplicity.
No One Knows How to ‘Save’ Hollywood
Trump’s plan to impose tariffs on movies seized upon the American film industry’s existential panic.
An Eerily Familiar 20th-Century Hoax
What happened when a mega-famous evangelist went missing?
What to Read to Understand Your Mom
These stories offer a starting point—and perhaps some insights—for those seeking perspective on their parent.