The Missing Branch
In an era of intense constitutional combat, Congress is nowhere to be found.
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.
This Conclave Will Be Different
The media have never had so much influence on the men who pick the pope.
Dear James: When My Husband Speaks, My Brain Turns to Mush
Is this a normal marriage thing?
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.
Read The Atlantic’s Interview With Donald Trump
A conversation with the president about executive power, Signalgate, and 24-karat gold
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.
‘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.
The U.S. Threat Looming Over Canada
The consequences if Trump followed through on his belligerent rhetoric about a “51st state” would be catastrophic.
Don’t Look at Stock Markets. Look at the Ports.
A drop in maritime traffic suggests that the worst is yet to come.
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 Elite College Students Who Can’t Read Books
To read a book in college, it helps to have read a book in high school.
Why Do Collaborators Do It?
In a new novel, Daniel Kehlmann considers why the director G. W. Pabst worked with the Nazis.
The Comic Who’s His Own Worst Enemy
The Rehearsal takes the prankster’s quest for self-betterment to new extremes.
We’ve Been Thinking About Love All Wrong
What illness taught me about true friendship
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.
Harvard Begins to Confront Its Anti-Semitism Problem
A 300-page report makes for dismal reading.
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