‘I Run the Country and the World’
Donald Trump believes he’s invincible. But the cracks are beginning to show.
Read The Atlantic’s Interview With Donald Trump
A conversation with the president about executive power, Signalgate, and 24-karat gold
The New Divide in American Marriage
College graduates are marrying at high rates. Everyone else isn’t.
An Unsustainable Presidency
Nothing about Donald Trump’s first 100 days has been ordinary.
How the U.S. Lost the Canadian Election
Trump’s threats to annex Canada reversed its political trend—but they should not reverse its commitment to free trade.
The Short-Circuiting of the American Mind
A century-old book foresaw Trump’s most basic strategy.
The Texas County Where ‘Everybody Has Somebody in Their Family’ With Dementia
And many people with the condition are cared for at home.
Russia Is in Demographic Free Fall. Putin Isn’t Helping.
The Russian president is enacting one of the world’s most extreme natalism programs—and one of the weirdest.
Trump Is Paving the Way for Another ‘China Shock’
The MIT economist David Autor helped fracture the old free-trade consensus. But he thinks that what’s replacing it is even worse.
Why Trump Is Giving Putin Everything He Wants
If the U.S. president holds all the cards, why hasn’t he won any concessions from Russia?
The Polls Are Sending Trump a Message
The president is eager to blame the messenger. But his real problem is the numbers themselves.
The Great Language Flattening
Chatbots learned from human writing. Now it’s their turn to influence us.
The Liberals Who Can’t Stop Winning
Trump isn’t the only reason Canada’s center-left has stayed in power.
Who’s Afraid of Gen Z’s Squeaky-Clean, Backflipping Bro?
Benson Boone has charmed his way to the top—and that really seems to bother some people.
Americans Don’t Do This
On Mahmoud Khalil and the right to free expression
DOGE Was Bad. Schedule F Will Be Worse.
An executive order will convert 50,000 government employees into de facto political appointees who serve only at the president’s pleasure.
The Elite College Students Who Can’t Read Books
To read a book in college, it helps to have read a book in high school.
A New Book Challenges the Church’s Reputation on Sex
Mainstream Christianity’s attitudes about sex have always been complicated—and its institutions might even be able to evolve.
The End of Chicken-Breast Dominance
The price of boneless chicken thighs is finally catching up with the price of white meat.
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