A Different Way to Think About Medicine’s Most Stubborn Enigma
A new book shows that dementia isn’t just a loss, and memory is much more than recollection.
ChatGPT Turned Into a Studio Ghibli Machine. How Is That Legal?
Three possible arguments against the tech company
America Is the Land of Opportunity—For White South Africans
Trump has frozen refugee admissions and cut off resettlement funding, but he has made an exception for white South Africans, who he says are victims of racial discrimination.
History Will Judge the Complicit
Why have Republican leaders abandoned their principles in support of an immoral and dangerous president?
Weight-Loss Drugs Aren’t Really About Weight
To figure out who will benefit most, doctors should consider a particularly toxic kind of fat.
How the Ivy League Broke America
The meritocracy isn’t working. We need something new.
The Ultimate Bait and Switch of Trump’s Tariffs
How to understand the phony trade deals with Britain and China
A Defense Against Gaslighting Sociopaths
If you can recognize their signature move, then forewarned is forearmed.
China Called Trump’s Bluff
There is a lesson here for anyone Trump threatens.
What the U.K. Deal Reveals About Trump’s Trade Strategy
The United States is settling for a tiny fraction of what it could have achieved through traditional free-trade agreements.
The Most Corrupt Presidency in American History
Anne Applebaum on America’s backsliding democracy
Retirement Is the New Resistance
The Democrats waging war on their gerontocracy
How America Got Mean
In a culture devoid of moral education, generations are growing up in a morally inarticulate, self-referential world.
The Efficacy of Prayer
“The very question ‘Does prayer work?’ puts us in the wrong frame of mind from the outset.”
Why Kids Aren’t Falling in Love With Reading
Hint: It’s not just the screens.
A Grand Experiment in Parenthood and Friendship
Would you raise kids with your best pals?
Due Process Is a Right, Not a Privilege You Get for Being Good
If Kilmar Abrego Garcia is guilty of the crimes he is accused of, then the Trump administration could simply follow the law. Why won’t it?
Is the AfD Too Extreme for Democracy?
Germany’s far-right party hates immigration, and some of its leaders have a disturbing tendency to say things that sound Nazi-curious.
A Novel About Motherhood, Childhood, and Secrets
Atlantic editor Honor Jones discusses her debut novel, Sleep, and what fiction does that journalism cannot.
The Terrible Optics of ICE Enforcement Are Fueling a Trump Immigration Backlash
The president was elected, in part, on a pledge to crack down on immigration. But he may be overinterpreting his mandate.