The Honeymoon Is Ending in Syria

A former jihadist needs more than charisma to heal his shattered country
A former jihadist needs more than charisma to heal his shattered country
The president is following a playbook that authoritarians around the world have used to assert their power over the judiciarys
Mothers tend to be treated as the default contactto many parents chagrin
Trumps approach to a possible third term in office reveals his approach toward American law more generally
The 47th president seems to wish he were kingand he is willing to destroy what is precious about this country to get what he wants
The center of the tech universe seems to believe that Trumps tariff whiplash is nothing compared with what they see coming from AI
Atlantic editor Honor Jones discusses her debut novel Sleep and what fiction does that journalism cannot
Trump has frozen refugee admissions and cut off resettlement funding but he has made an exception for white South Africans who he says are v...
How to overcome my panic
In Jakarta to make ends meet some people have chosen to paint themselves silver seeking donations from passing motorists
If Kilmar Abrego Garcia is guilty of the crimes he is accused of then the Trump administration could simply follow the law Why wont it
ChatGPT has benefitted from generating images in Hayao Miyazakis distinctive styletrampling over human creativity and perhaps even legal pre...
A new book shows that dementia isnt just a loss and memory is much more than recollection
The economics intelligentsia cant stop arguing about the legacy of Bidenomics
The United States is settling for a tiny fraction of what it could have achieved through traditional free-trade agreements
The German far-right political party AfD is both too big to ban and too big not to
We know how to end extreme poverty Why havent we done it
The best metric is not weight but a particularly toxic kind of fat
Donald Trump is in talks to accept a $400 million gift from Qatarpresumably not simply out of generosity
Most Israelis want to end the war but their prime minister does not
Trump was elected in part on a pledge to crack down on immigration But he may be overinterpreting his mandate
How to understand the phony trade deals with Britain and China
Alexandra Petri one of Americas greatest columnists and funniest writers is joining The Atlantic as a staff writer Alexandra will begin writ...
There is a lesson here for anyone Trump threatens
When children fall short many parents instinct is to take away something they love Thats the wrong impulse