America Is Having a Showboater Moment
The Trump administration talks tough on crime but shrugs off the work of real law enforcement.
Silicon Valley Braces for Chaos
The center of the tech universe seems to believe that Trump’s tariff whiplash is nothing compared with what they see coming from AI.
‘I Run the Country and the World’
Donald Trump believes he’s invincible. But the cracks are beginning to show.
The Golden Age of the Fried-Chicken Sandwich
The sun is setting on burger dominance.
And the Oscar Goes to … Something the Voters Didn’t Watch
The Academy has a new rule to address this problem. Good luck with enforcing that.
The Default-Parent Problem
Why do so many people assume that Mom knows what’s going on with the kids, and that Dad does not?
Read The Atlantic’s Interview With Donald Trump
A conversation with the president about executive power, Signalgate, and 24-karat gold
The Cynical Republican Plan to Cut Medicaid
Work requirements set up a thicket of paperwork that leads eligible Medicaid recipients to lose their insurance. That’s the point.
Weight-Loss Drugs Aren’t Really About Weight
To figure out who will benefit most, doctors should consider a particularly toxic kind of fat.
Maybe Star Wars Is Better Without Lightsabers
The TV series Andor achieved greatness by challenging the franchise’s good-and-evil dichotomy.
The Debate That Will Determine How Democrats Govern Next Time
Did the party lose in 2024 despite Joe Biden’s economic approach, or because of it?
American Panopticon
The Trump administration is pooling data on Americans. Experts fear what comes next.
Trump’s Legal Strategy Has a Name
And it has been deployed by would-be autocrats around the world.
The Most Corrupt Presidency in American History
Anne Applebaum on America’s backsliding democracy
Something Alarming Is Happening to the Job Market
A new sign that AI is competing with college grads
Trump’s Third-Term Ambitions Are Very Revealing
The president sees the Constitution as an obstacle to be surmounted, not a repository of values that he must respect.
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.
How the Ivy League Broke America
The meritocracy isn’t working. We need something new.
The Roman Way to Trash a Republic
When you’re the emperor Augustus, they let you do it.
How Part-Time Jobs Became a Trap
For millions of American low-wage workers today, the problem is not overwork—it’s underwork.