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The Mother Who Never Stopped Believing Her Son Was Still There

For decades, Eve Baer remained convinced that her son, unresponsive after a severe brain injury, was still conscious. Science eventually proved her right.

The Congressman Who Saw the Truth About Biden

While many Democrats remained in denial, Mike Quigley perceived something painfully familiar.

‘I Run the Country and the World’

Donald Trump believes he’s invincible. But the cracks are beginning to show.

The Talented Mr. Vance

J. D. Vance could have brought the country’s conflicting strands together. Instead, he took a divisive path to the peak of power.

At Least Two Newspapers Syndicated AI Garbage

Slop the presses.

When William F. Buckley Jr. Met James Baldwin

In 1965, the two intellectual giants squared off in a debate at Cambridge. It didn’t go quite as Buckley hoped.

My Family’s Slave

She lived with us for 56 years. She raised me and my siblings without pay. I was 11, a typical American kid, before I realized who she was.

The Trump Administration Is Tempting a Honeybee Disaster

Bees are dying. Federal funding cuts aren’t helping.

How to Make Friendships Last Your Whole Life

“Swallow your pride and make the first move,” one reader says.

Kristi Noem Should Probably Know What Habeas Corpus Is

But she doesn’t.

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.

‘We’re Definitely Going to Build a Bunker Before We Release AGI’

The true story behind the chaos at OpenAI

Trump Is Tired of Courts Telling Him He’s Breaking the Law

Beneath the technical arguments at the Supreme Court last week was an effort to take away one of the only really effective legal tools for reining in the executive branch.

How the Passionate Male Friendship Died

The “perfect” platonic bond used to be between two men. What happened?

Biden’s Age Wasn’t a Cover-Up. It Was Observable Fact.

The story about the former president getting old is getting old.