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.
Retirement Is the New Resistance
The Democrats waging war on their gerontocracy
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.
The Ultimate Bait and Switch of Trump’s Tariffs
How to understand the phony trade deals with Britain and China
Read The Atlantic’s Interview With Donald Trump
A conversation with the president about executive power, Signalgate, and 24-karat gold
China Called Trump’s Bluff
There is a lesson here for anyone Trump threatens.
The Sociopaths Among Us—And How to Avoid Them
You’re bound to come across the “Dark Triad” type of malignant narcissists in life—and they can be superficially appealing. Better to look for their exact opposite.
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?
AI Is Not Your Friend
How the “opinionated” chatbots destroyed AI’s potential, and how we can fix it
The Most Corrupt Presidency in American History
Anne Applebaum on America’s backsliding democracy
The New Divide in American Marriage
College graduates are marrying at high rates. Everyone else isn’t.
The Actual Math Behind DOGE’s Cuts
If you thought Elon Musk was really trying to cut costs, you weren’t in on the joke.
Something Alarming Is Happening to the Job Market
A new sign that AI is competing with college grads
How the Ivy League Broke America
The meritocracy isn’t working. We need something new.
‘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 Golden Age of the Fried-Chicken Sandwich
The sun is setting on burger dominance.
A Defense Against Gaslighting Sociopaths
If you can recognize their signature move, then forewarned is forearmed.
We’re All Living in a Carl Hiaasen Novel
In the mangroves with Florida’s poet of excess and grift
Now Is Not the Time to Eat Bagged Lettuce
Food safety in America is under attack.
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.
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