The ‘Significant Risk’ That Republicans Tank the Economy
How the GOP’s indecision in Congress could crash the markets
Putin’s Bread and Circus Had Bread
If there’s one cue Trump missed from the Russian dictator, it’s never to mess with economic stability.
The Missing Branch
In an era of intense constitutional combat, Congress is nowhere to be found.
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.
Endowments Are Next
Taxing endowments is likely to weaken elite institutions, not fix them. That’s the point.
This Conclave Will Be Different
The media have never had so much influence on the men who pick the pope.
Breakfast Is Breaking
The classic American version hasn’t changed much in a century. Now it faces an identity crisis.
How to Prepare for the Trumpcession
I don’t know what’s happening, but I’m stocking up on ibuprofen.
Something Alarming Is Happening to the Job Market
A new sign that AI is competing with college grads
‘I Run the Country and the World’
Donald Trump believes he’s invincible. But the cracks are beginning to show.
The U.S. Threat Looming Over Canada
The consequences if Trump followed through on his belligerent rhetoric about a “51st state” would be catastrophic.
Dear James: I Want to Want to Listen
I love my husband. But I find it impossible to pay attention to him.
Read The Atlantic’s Interview With Donald Trump
A conversation with the president about executive power, Signalgate, and 24-karat gold
Don’t Look at Stock Markets. Look at the Ports.
A drop in maritime traffic suggests that the worst is yet to come.
‘The Worst Internet-Research Ethics Violation I Have Ever Seen’
The most persuasive “people” on a popular subreddit turned out to be a front for a secret AI experiment.
Why Do Collaborators Do It?
In a new novel, Daniel Kehlmann considers why the director G. W. Pabst worked with the Nazis.
How the Best Restaurants Can Make You Feel
Keith McNally’s new memoir is full of revelations, but one stands out: His work is an underrated art form.
The Comic Who’s His Own Worst Enemy
The Rehearsal takes the prankster’s quest for self-betterment to new extremes.
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.
Harvard Begins to Confront Its Anti-Semitism Problem
A 300-page report makes for dismal reading.
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