When Kids Have to Act Like Parents, It Affects Them for Life
Some people who have to be responsible for their siblings or parents as children grow up to be compulsive caretakers.
OpenAI Can Stop Pretending
The company is great at getting what it wants—whether or not it’s beholden to a nonprofit mission.
The TACO Presidency
Wall Street seems to have finally figured out Donald Trump—and it may be too late.
HIV’s Most Promising Breakthrough Has Taken a Hit
Several mRNA vaccine trials found a debilitating side effect, and now the Trump administration is cutting funding for more research.
America Gave Up on the Best Home Technology There Is
The death of the landline was premature.
The Two Extremists Driving Israel’s Policy
One is an ideologue, the other a rabble-rouser. Both are pushing their country to places once unthinkable.
A Defense Against Gaslighting Sociopaths
If you can recognize their signature move, then forewarned is forearmed.
When Mission: Impossible Had No Mission
The series first made a name for itself by eschewing the blockbuster-franchise formula.
Trump’s Most Successful Business Venture
His office is bringing in money—at the expense of the American people.
The Trump Presidency’s World-Historical Heist
He is taking self-enrichment to a scale never seen before in America.
Unraveling the Secrets of the Inca Empire
For hundreds of years, Andean people recorded information by tying knots into long cords. Will we ever be able to read them?
Profit and Power
Panelists joined to discuss Donald Trump’s willingness to mix public office with personal benefit.
The Most Corrupt Presidency in American History
Anne Applebaum on America’s backsliding democracy
The Miseducation of the American Boy
Why boys crack up at rape jokes, think having a girlfriend is “gay,” and still can’t cry—and why we need to give them new and better models of masculinity
One Word Describes Trump
A century ago, a German sociologist explained precisely how the president thinks about the world.
J. D. Vance’s Bargain With the Devil
George Packer on ambition, corruption, and the making of Trump’s political heir
History Will Judge the Complicit
Why have Republican leaders abandoned their principles in support of an immoral and dangerous president?
The Artist Who Captured the Contradictions of Femininity
In her too-short career, the painter Christina Ramberg studied the many contortions that being a woman can demand.
When College Graduates Face Reality
Advice from Atlantic writers on dealing with the inevitable uncertainty of the next weeks and months
The Top Goal of Project 2025 Is Still to Come
The now-famous white paper has proved to be a good road map for what the administration has done so far, and what may yet be on the way.
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