AI Cheating Is Getting Worse
Colleges still don’t have a plan.
The Populist Mantle Is Harris’s for the Taking
But does she want it?
When Wellness Can’t Bring Happiness
A provocative 1970s novel reads like a contemporary cry for freedom from the expectations of others.
The Last Man in America to Change His Mind About Trump
Spencer Cox built his brand on standing against polarization and extremism. Now he’s backing Donald Trump.
Trump’s Medal of Dishonor
The former president doesn’t appear to understand the real meaning of the decorations he once bestowed.
A Giant Deer Fence Is Going Up in the American West
Suburban Utah has become ground zero for deer conservation.
Trump Has Turned Over an Old Leaf
Meet the new Trump, same as the old Trump.
‘We Just Build Roads, and We Build Schools’
Democrats should say the word liberal.
Why Alice Munro’s Work Felt so Empty
Culture and entertainment musts from David Frum
Inside the Virginia Newsroom Trying to Save Afghanistan From Tyranny
The exiled Afghans of Amu TV are holding the Taliban to account—from 7,000 miles away.
Shore Birds
Published in The Atlantic in 1998
Of Course Schools Are Day Care
Acknowledging that kids’ education is good for parents is not a knock against teachers.
Kamala Harris’s Balancing Act
“How do you distance yourself from an unpopular president while also running on his policies?”
An Atlantic Reading List on Modern Dating
Dating decisions are about determining what you really need in order to be happy.
Saturn’s Ocean Moon Was Hiding in Plain Sight
The outer solar system is much wetter than astronomers once thought.
The Civil-Rights Era’s Great Unanswered Question
Is this America?
My Brother Died. His Facebook Page Lives On.
The strange beauty of grieving on the internet
Should Parents Stay Home to Raise Kids?
And should the government pay them for it?
Three Things to Watch for at the DNC
Next week is likely to be a fairly standard convention for a very unusual campaign.
Four Theories That Explain AI Art’s Default Vibe
The image-makers are stuck in a pattern.