The Texas County Where ‘Everybody Has Somebody in Their Family’ With Dementia
And many people with the condition are cared for at home.
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.
The Liberals Who Can’t Stop Winning
Trump isn’t the only reason Canada’s center-left has stayed in power.
The Short-Circuiting of the American Mind
A century-old book foresaw Trump’s most basic strategy.
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.
The End of Chicken-Breast Dominance
The price of boneless chicken thighs is finally catching up with the price of white meat.
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?
Americans Don’t Do This
On Mahmoud Khalil and the right to free expression
The Great Language Flattening
Chatbots learned from human writing. Now it’s their turn to influence us.
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.
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.
American Panopticon
The Trump administration is pooling data on Americans. Experts fear what comes next.
Finally, Someone Said It to Joe Rogan’s Face
Should the star podcaster take any responsibility for how he uses his power?
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.
Radio Atlantic: In the Oval Office With Donald Trump
A conversation with Jeffrey Goldberg, Ashley Parker, and Michael Scherer about their recent interview with the president of the United States
How Drug Cartels Took Over Social Media
Mexico’s gangs are influencers now.
I Should Have Seen This Coming
When I joined the conservative movement in the 1980s, there were two types of people: those who cared earnestly about ideas, and those who wanted only to shock the left. The reactionary fringe has won.
World War II: After the War
Part 20 of a weekly 20-part retrospective of World War II
Dear James: A Riddle About Reading
Even when I love a book, I want it to end. Why?
The ‘Profound’ Experience of Seeing a New Color
The ecstasy of “olo”
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