The Choices That Create Isolation
Everyday decisions accumulate into a life.
What the Press Got Wrong About Hitler
Journalists accurately reported that the führer was a “Little Man” whom the whole world was laughing at. It didn’t matter.
Here Are the Attack Plans That Trump’s Advisers Shared on Signal
The administration has downplayed the importance of the text messages inadvertently sent to The Atlantic’s editor in chief.
The Army of God Comes Out of the Shadows
Tens of millions of American Christians are embracing a charismatic movement known as the New Apostolic Reformation, which seeks to destroy the secular state.
Why the Past 10 Years of American Life Have Been Uniquely Stupid
It’s not just a phase.
The Political Fight of the Century
For the first time in decades, America has a chance to define its next political order. Trump offers fear, retribution, and scarcity. Liberals can stand for abundance.
There Was Never a Master Plan
Trump backed down on tariffs. His supporters think that was the idea all along.
Treating Friends Like Enemies
Rahm Emanuel and Trump’s tariff chaos
One Word Describes Trump
A century ago, a German sociologist explained precisely how the president thinks about the world.
When Young People Stop Imagining a Future
At its best, The Teacher captures the intimate horrors of life under harrowing circumstances.
Trump Didn’t Actually Undo Tariffs
You can’t just undo a global economic crisis.
DNA Tests Are Uncovering the True Prevalence of Incest
People are discovering the truth about their biological parents with DNA—and learning that incest is far more common than many think.
What the Comfort Class Doesn’t Get
People with generational wealth control a society that they don’t understand.
The Great Torpedo-Bat Panic
Why are baseball players swinging bowling pins?
How America Got Mean
In a culture devoid of moral education, generations are growing up in a morally inarticulate, self-referential world.
Is Google Making Us Stupid?
What the Internet is doing to our brains
Why Conservatives Invented a ‘Right to Post’
You have a right to free speech as long as you are saying what conservatives want you to say.
The New King of Tech
How Jensen Huang built Nvidia into a nearly $3 trillion business
The Oligarchs Who Came to Regret Supporting Hitler
They helped him in pursuit of profit. Many ended up in concentration camps.
What RFK Jr. Told Grieving Texas Families About the Measles Vaccine
The nation’s top public-health official has been promoting suspicions of the shot even as he offers comfort.