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.
There’s No Such Thing as a Free Plane
Donald Trump is in talks to accept a $400 million gift from Qatar—presumably not simply out of generosity.
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.
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
Read The Atlantic’s Interview With Donald Trump
A conversation with the president about executive power, Signalgate, and 24-karat gold
How Part-Time Jobs Became a Trap
For millions of American low-wage workers today, the problem is not overwork—it’s underwork.
Trump Sides With the Israeli People Against Netanyahu
Most Israelis want to end the war, but their prime minister does not.
How the Ivy League Broke America
The meritocracy isn’t working. We need something new.
A Novel About Motherhood, Childhood, and Secrets
Atlantic editor Honor Jones discusses her debut novel, Sleep, and what fiction does that journalism cannot.
A Defense Against Gaslighting Sociopaths
If you can recognize their signature move, then forewarned is forearmed.
Five Books for People Who Really Love Books
These five titles focus on the many connections we can form with what we read.
We’re All Living in a Carl Hiaasen Novel
In the mangroves with Florida’s poet of excess and grift
AI Is Not Your Friend
How the “opinionated” chatbots destroyed AI’s potential, and how we can fix it
25 of the Best Horror Films You Can Watch, Ranked by Scariness
This list should have something for everyone, no matter your fear-tolerance level.
Now Is Not the Time to Eat Bagged Lettuce
Food safety in America is under attack.
How I Demolished My Life
A home-improvement story
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.
History Will Judge the Complicit
Why have Republican leaders abandoned their principles in support of an immoral and dangerous president?
A Grand Experiment in Parenthood and Friendship
Would you raise kids with your best pals?
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