Something Alarming Is Happening to the Job Market
A new sign that AI is competing with college grads
A Witch Hunt at the State Department
Trump’s commissars are looking for ideological enemies.
Is Anthony Weiner Ready to Go Another Round?
The ex-congressman whose name became a punch line is running for New York’s city council. In some ways, he hasn’t changed a bit.
The Jim Crow Economy Is the True Horror in Sinners
The film illustrates the near-impossibility of upward mobility during the segregation era.
Read The Atlantic’s Interview With Donald Trump
A conversation with the president about executive power, Signalgate, and 24-karat gold
Inside Mike Waltz’s White House Exit
Signalgate was the national security adviser’s most glaring mistake. But his problems ran deeper.
The Great Language Flattening
Chatbots learned from human writing. Now it’s their turn to influence us.
The Dark Ages Are Back
Americans must insist on academic freedom, or risk losing what makes our nation great.
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.
Trump Is Fulfilling Kissinger’s Dream
The president is not the first American leader to disregard the role of morality in foreign policy, but he’s taking things much further than anyone has before.
An Unsustainable Presidency
Nothing about Donald Trump’s first 100 days has been ordinary.
The End of the ‘Generic’ Grocery-Store Brand
They’re no longer terrible—in fact, they’re often the draw.
Six Books You’ll Want to Read Outdoors
Reading has been unfairly maligned as an indoor activity for far too long.
History Will Judge the Complicit
Why have Republican leaders abandoned their principles in support of an immoral and dangerous president?
Mike Waltz Joins an Unhappy Fraternity
Even without Signalgate, the president wasn’t likely to keep his national security adviser around long.
Why Is Trump So Into Crypto?
The president’s enthusiasm for digital currency could destabilize America’s financial systems.
What Porn Taught a Generation of Women
It colored our ambitions, our sense of self, our relationships, our bodies, our work, and our art.
Hitler’s Terrible Tariffs
By seeking to “liberate” Germans from a globalized world order, the Nazi government sent the national economy careening backwards.
America’s Pro-Disease Movement
How the Trump administration is worsening a public-health crisis
The New Divide in American Marriage
College graduates are marrying at high rates. Everyone else isn’t.
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