The Cynical Republican Plan to Cut Medicaid
Work requirements set up a thicket of paperwork that leads eligible Medicaid recipients to lose their insurance. That’s the point.
‘I Run the Country and the World’
Donald Trump believes he’s invincible. But the cracks are beginning to show.
The Default-Parent Problem
Why do so many people assume that Mom knows what’s going on with the kids, and that Dad does not?
Maybe Star Wars Is Better Without Lightsabers
The TV series Andor achieved greatness by challenging the franchise’s good-and-evil dichotomy.
Trump’s Legal Strategy Has a Name
And it has been deployed by would-be autocrats around the world.
The Roman Way to Trash a Republic
When you’re the emperor Augustus, they let you do it.
The Myth of the Poverty Trap
We know how to end extreme poverty. Why haven’t we done it?
Just Let Your Kids Play With Makeup
Many people consider it a red flag. It doesn’t have to be.
Trump’s Third-Term Ambitions Are Very Revealing
The president sees the Constitution as an obstacle to be surmounted, not a repository of values that he must respect.
Read The Atlantic’s Interview With Donald Trump
A conversation with the president about executive power, Signalgate, and 24-karat gold
Retirement Is the New Resistance
The Democrats waging war on their gerontocracy
The Most Corrupt Presidency in American History
Anne Applebaum on America’s backsliding democracy
A Defense Against Gaslighting Sociopaths
If you can recognize their signature move, then forewarned is forearmed.
How the Ivy League Broke America
The meritocracy isn’t working. We need something new.
A Different Way to Think About Medicine’s Most Stubborn Enigma
A new book shows that dementia isn’t just a loss, and memory is much more than recollection.
The Debate That Will Determine How Democrats Govern Next Time
Did the party lose in 2024 despite Joe Biden’s economic approach, or because of it?
Now Is Not the Time to Eat Bagged Lettuce
Food safety in America is under attack.
The Not-at-All-Funny Life of Mark Twain
Ron Chernow’s biography dwells more on the wreck of a man than on his sublimely comic work.
The Ultimate Bait and Switch of Trump’s Tariffs
How to understand the phony trade deals with Britain and China
DNA Tests Are Uncovering the True Prevalence of Incest
People are discovering the truth about their biological parents with DNA—and learning that incest is far more common than many think.
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