It Isn’t the Kids. It’s the Cost of Raising Them.
Having children makes people happier—if they can afford it.
Trump Addresses a Military He’s Remaking in His Image
The president returns to West Point having transformed his relationship with the armed forces.
‘All They Want Is America. All They Have Is Panama.’
They thought they’d reached their journeys’ end. Now many of them have come full circle.
An Atlantic Reading List on Consciousness
What it feels like to love somebody who cannot communicate the way they once did
The Anti-Natalist’s Revenge
A manifesto left by the bomber of a fertility clinic demands refutation.
24 Books to Get Lost in This Summer
The Atlantic’s writers and editors have chosen fiction and nonfiction to match all sorts of moods.
The Congressman Who Saw the Truth About Biden
While many Democrats remained in denial, Mike Quigley perceived something painfully familiar.
Why a Dog’s Death Hits So Hard
I loved my mom more than my dog. So why did I cry for him but not for her?
The Silence Doctors Are Keeping About Millennial Deaths
Physicians who care for younger cancer patients are shying away from hard but necessary conversations.
A Dangerous Disguise for Anti-Semitism
The person charged with attacking an American Jewish gathering and killing two Israeli-embassy aides disingenuously invoked the Palestinian struggle as a pretext to harm Jews.
What AI Thinks It Knows About You
What happens when people can see what assumptions a large language model is making about them?
The Pro-Family Policy This Nation Actually Needs
If the Trump administration wants more babies, it needs to embrace a different kind of parent.
What RFK Jr. Doesn’t Understand About Autism
Starting with his claims of an “autism epidemic.”
How People With Dementia Make Sense of the World
The human brain has a way of creating logic, even when it’s drifting from reality.
Trump’s National-Security Disaster
Trump’s vandalism of the national-security structure, Signalgate, and a conversation with Susan Rice
Parents Are Sacrificing Their Social Lives on the Altar of Intensive Parenting
Inequality has seemingly caused many American parents to jettison friendships and activities in order to invest more resources in their kids.
How to Take Charge of Your Family Inheritance
You may be fine with becoming more like your parents or hate the idea. Either way, it’s something you can control.
A Grand Experiment in Parenthood and Friendship
Would you raise kids with your best pals?
Read The Atlantic’s Interview With Donald Trump
A conversation with the president about executive power, Signalgate, and 24-karat gold
Sheryl Sandberg and the Crackling Hellfire of Corporate America
Is this feminism?
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