The Wrong Way to Motivate Your Kid
When children fall short, many parents’ instinct is to take away something they love. That’s the wrong impulse.
‘What If I Don’t Keep Feeling Strident?’
For years, Ezra Furman’s music embraced protest and defiance. Now she’s striking a different chord.
24 Books to Get Lost in This Summer
The Atlantic’s writers and editors have chosen fiction and nonfiction to match all sorts of moods.
Why So Many People Still Don’t Understand Anti-Semitism
Unlike many other bigotries, anti-Semitism is not merely a social prejudice; it is a conspiracy theory about how the world operates.
How to Make Friendships Last Your Whole Life
“Swallow your pride and make the first move,” one reader says.
Germany Arrests King Peter I, the Son of Man, the Messiah
Peter identified sources of frustration and indignity that might bother virtually any German: how one navigates banking, taxation, health care, law.
Something’s Fishy About the ‘Migrant Crisis’
The federal government’s dysfunction leaves immigrant-friendly cities feeling overwhelmed.
‘We’re Definitely Going to Build a Bunker Before We Release AGI’
The true story behind the chaos at OpenAI
History Will Judge the Complicit
Why have Republican leaders abandoned their principles in support of an immoral and dangerous president?