This Is the Way a World Order Ends
Americans once associated spheres of influence with a cynical, volatile European past. Now Washington is resurrecting them.
Something Alarming Is Happening to the Job Market
A new sign that AI is competing with college grads
The Polls Are Sending Trump a Message
The president is eager to blame the messenger. But his real problem is the numbers themselves.
How the U.S. Lost the Canadian Election
Trump’s threats to annex Canada reversed its political trend—but they should not reverse its commitment to free trade.
Dear James: A Riddle About Reading
Even when I love a book, I want it to end. Why?
The Liberals Who Can’t Stop Winning
Trump isn’t the only reason Canada’s center-left has stayed in power.
Russia Is in Demographic Free Fall. Putin Isn’t Helping.
The Russian president is enacting one of the world’s most extreme natalism programs—and one of the weirdest.
The Texas County Where ‘Everybody Has Somebody in Their Family’ With Dementia
And many people with the condition are cared for at home.
A New Book Challenges the Church’s Reputation on Sex
Mainstream Christianity’s attitudes about sex have always been complicated—and its institutions might even be able to evolve.
Americans Don’t Do This
On Mahmoud Khalil and the right to free expression
The Great Language Flattening
Chatbots learned from human writing. Now it’s their turn to influence us.
Who’s Afraid of Gen Z’s Squeaky-Clean, Backflipping Bro?
Benson Boone has charmed his way to the top—and that really seems to bother some people.
Why Trump Is Giving Putin Everything He Wants
If the U.S. president holds all the cards, why hasn’t he won any concessions from Russia?
An Unsustainable Presidency
Nothing about Donald Trump’s first 100 days has been ordinary.
Trump Is Paving the Way for Another ‘China Shock’
The MIT economist David Autor helped fracture the old free-trade consensus. But he thinks that what’s replacing it is even worse.
The Short-Circuiting of the American Mind
A century-old book foresaw Trump’s most basic strategy.
The New Divide in American Marriage
College graduates are marrying at high rates. Everyone else isn’t.
A Hollywood Anachronism That Still Holds Up
The Legend of Ochi conjures the kinds of effects the film industry rarely uses anymore.
The One Thing That Drives Trump
Ashley Parker and Michael Scherer discuss the challenges of reporting on the president.
Read The Atlantic’s Interview With Donald Trump
A conversation with the president about executive power, Signalgate, and 24-karat gold
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