How the Ivy League Broke America
The meritocracy isn’t working. We need something new.
The 2025 Summer Reading Guide
The Atlantic’s writers and editors have chosen fiction and nonfiction to match all sorts of moods.
The Retired J.P. Morgan Executive Tracking Trump’s Deportation Flights
A CFO turned activist has become a go-to source for understanding the administration’s immigration crackdown.
Read The Atlantic’s Interview With Donald Trump
A conversation with the president about executive power, Signalgate, and 24-karat gold
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.
Just Let Your Kids Play With Makeup
Many people consider it a red flag. It doesn’t have to be.
The Roman Way to Trash a Republic
When you’re the emperor Augustus, they let you do it.
Trump’s Legal Strategy Has a Name
And it has been deployed by would-be autocrats around the world.
History Will Judge the Complicit
Why have Republican leaders abandoned their principles in support of an immoral and dangerous president?
Why the Past 10 Years of American Life Have Been Uniquely Stupid
It’s not just a phase.
A Defense Against Gaslighting Sociopaths
If you can recognize their signature move, then forewarned is forearmed.
How America Got Mean
In a culture devoid of moral education, generations are growing up in a morally inarticulate, self-referential world.
Dear Therapist: I’ve Been Dumped by My Friends
I thought our shared history would keep us close, but it hasn’t.
The Ultimate Bait and Switch of Trump’s Tariffs
How to understand the phony trade deals with Britain and China
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.
A Grand Experiment in Parenthood and Friendship
Would you raise kids with your best pals?
Against Sunscreen Absolutism
Moderate sun exposure can be good for you. Why won’t American experts acknowledge that?
The Honeymoon Is Ending in Syria
A former jihadist needs more than charisma to heal his shattered country.
Weight-Loss Drugs Aren’t Really About Weight
To figure out who will benefit most, doctors should consider a particularly toxic kind of fat.
Retirement Is the New Resistance
The Democrats waging war on their gerontocracy
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