Is This the Worst-Ever Era of American Pop Culture?
An emerging critical consensus argues that we’ve entered a cultural dark age. I’m not so sure.
Breakfast Is Breaking
The classic American version hasn’t changed much in a century. Now it faces an identity crisis.
Read The Atlantic’s Interview With Donald Trump
A conversation with the president about executive power, Signalgate, and 24-karat gold
Trump Is Hiding Behind His Lawyers
The president wants to seize new powers, yet he’s also eager to hand off responsibility for hard decisions.
‘I Run the Country and the World’
Donald Trump believes he’s invincible. But the cracks are beginning to show.
Harvard Begins to Confront Its Anti-Semitism Problem
A 300-page report makes for dismal reading.
How to Prepare for the Trumpcession
I don’t know what’s happening, but I’m stocking up on ibuprofen.
Don’t Look at Stock Markets. Look at the Ports.
A drop in maritime traffic suggests that the worst is yet to come.
The U.S. Threat Looming Over Canada
The consequences if Trump followed through on his belligerent rhetoric about a “51st state” would be catastrophic.
The Death of Feminism
Spice Girls slogans and reality-TV aesthetics: A new book traces how feminism morphed into clickable objectification.
Why the Past 10 Years of American Life Have Been Uniquely Stupid
It’s not just a phase.
How the World Became Awash in Synthetics
It started in 1934, with a PR crisis.
How the Ivy League Broke America
The meritocracy isn’t working. We need something new.
The Pro-Family Policy This Nation Actually Needs
If the Trump administration wants more babies, it needs to embrace a different kind of parent.
The Comic Who’s His Own Worst Enemy
The Rehearsal takes the prankster’s quest for self-betterment to new extremes.
The Plight of the Eldest Daughter
Women are expected to be nurturers. Firstborns are expected to be exemplars. Being both is exhausting.
The Missing Branch
In an era of intense constitutional combat, Congress is nowhere to be found.
Something Alarming Is Happening to the Job Market
A new sign that AI is competing with college grads
The Destruction of the Department of Justice
When people at the department embrace Trump’s scorn for the law, the law, as a practical limitation on government action, ceases to exist.
Why Are Young People Everywhere So Unhappy?
Here’s the answer to that—and what we can do about it.
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