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Adiós, AirPods

Apple promises to put an AI interpreter in everyone’s ears. It couldn’t even help me order tamales.

A Frightening American Fable

The Atlantic writer who previewed an unmoored country

The Democratic Governor Who Drinks Raw Milk

Jared Polis has taken a different approach to RFK Jr. than others in his party.

The Great Friendship Flattening

Relationships are getting lost in the sauce of everything else on your phone.

What Happens When Trump Gets His Way With Science

Harvard’s School of Public Health is broken.

The Conquest of Chicago

Can a deep-blue city fend off Trump’s ICE crackdown?

Feeling Desolate? There Is a Cure for That.

Everyone sooner or later faces a dark night of the soul. Don’t hide from yours; learn from it.

Kathryn Bigelow’s Warning to America

The threat of apocalypse never ended. We just chose to forget about it.

If the Voting Rights Act Falls

The Supreme Court appears ready to hobble the landmark civil-rights law. What does that mean for Black voters, democracy, and control of Congress?

The Other Reason Americans Don’t Use Mass Transit

People will take buses and trains only if they feel safe while riding them.

Why So Many People Are Seduced by ChatGPT

What makes OpenAI’s chatbot so dangerous? It’s a fictional character without an author.

I Watched Stand-Up in Saudi Arabia

What the surreal Riyadh Comedy Festival foretold about the kingdom’s future

The Last Days of the Pentagon Press Corps

I’ve been evicted from a building I’ve covered for 18 years. I’ll keep doing my job anyway.

Job Interviews Are Broken

People are sneaking answers from AI, and who can blame them?

Why Is Trump Making Excuses for Hamas?

The president seems undisturbed by the terrorist group’s murderous campaign against dissidents. In fact, he seems to admire it.

When Conservatism Meant Freedom

The biographer Charles Moore on Margaret Thatcher’s legacy, the soul of conservatism, and what today’s right has forgotten. Plus: David Frum on the current government shutdown and Stefan Zweig’s The World of Yesterday.

Photographing the Microscopic: Winners of Nikon Small World 2025

Some of the incredible winning and honored images from this year’s photomicrography competition, selected from nearly 2,000 entries. See if you can guess what each image is showing before reading the caption.

A Surprisingly Endearing True-Crime Movie

Roofman stays grounded by highlighting life’s mundane thrills.

65 Essential Children’s Books

Illustrated titles that teach kids to love literature

The Logical End Point of Trump’s Higher-Education Agenda

A “compact” offered by the administration could devastate racial diversity at elite universities.