The Honeymoon Is Ending in Syria

The Atlantic [Feed] on 5/14/25 at 7:30am

A former jihadist needs more than charisma to heal his shattered country

Trump Is Baiting the Courts

The Atlantic [Feed] on 5/14/25 at 7:00am

The president is following a playbook that authoritarians around the world have used to assert their power over the judiciarys

Why So Many People Still Assume That Mom Knows Best

The Atlantic [Feed] on 5/14/25 at 6:30am

Mothers tend to be treated as the default contactto many parents chagrin

Outsmarting the Constitution

The Atlantic [Feed] on 5/14/25 at 6:00am

Trumps approach to a possible third term in office reveals his approach toward American law more generally

The End of Rule of Law in America

The Atlantic [Feed] on 5/14/25 at 5:30am

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

Silicon Valley Braces for Chaos

The Atlantic [Feed] on 5/13/25 at 4:40pm

The center of the tech universe seems to believe that Trumps tariff whiplash is nothing compared with what they see coming from AI

A Novel About Motherhood Childhood and Secrets

The Atlantic [Feed] on 5/13/25 at 4:39pm

Atlantic editor Honor Jones discusses her debut novel Sleep and what fiction does that journalism cannot

America Is the Land of OpportunityFor White South Africans

The Atlantic [Feed] on 5/13/25 at 1:31pm

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...

Dear James I Have Debilitating Stage Fright

The Atlantic [Feed] on 5/13/25 at 12:00pm

How to overcome my panic

Indonesias Silvermen Beg for Survival

The Atlantic [Feed] on 5/13/25 at 11:41am

In Jakarta to make ends meet some people have chosen to paint themselves silver seeking donations from passing motorists

Due Process Is a Right Not a Privilege You Get for Being Good

The Atlantic [Feed] on 5/13/25 at 11:40am

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

What Does OpenAI Owe Studio Ghibli

The Atlantic [Feed] on 5/13/25 at 10:59am

ChatGPT has benefitted from generating images in Hayao Miyazakis distinctive styletrampling over human creativity and perhaps even legal pre...

A Different Way to Think About Medicines Most Stubborn Enigma

The Atlantic [Feed] on 5/13/25 at 10:48am

A new book shows that dementia isnt just a loss and memory is much more than recollection

Will the Neoliberalism Debate Ever End

The Atlantic [Feed] on 5/13/25 at 9:52am

The economics intelligentsia cant stop arguing about the legacy of Bidenomics

What the UK Deal Reveals About Trumps Trade Strategy

The Atlantic [Feed] on 5/13/25 at 9:10am

The United States is settling for a tiny fraction of what it could have achieved through traditional free-trade agreements

Germany Cant Ban Its Way to Democracy

The Atlantic [Feed] on 5/13/25 at 8:00am

The German far-right political party AfD is both too big to ban and too big not to

The Myth of the Poverty Trap

The Atlantic [Feed] on 5/13/25 at 5:00am

We know how to end extreme poverty Why havent we done it

Who Should Really Be on Weight-Loss Drugs

The Atlantic [Feed] on 5/12/25 at 8:00pm

The best metric is not weight but a particularly toxic kind of fat

Theres No Such Thing as a Free Plane

The Atlantic [Feed] on 5/12/25 at 5:37pm

Donald Trump is in talks to accept a $400 million gift from Qatarpresumably not simply out of generosity

Trump Sides With the Israeli People Against Netanyahu

The Atlantic [Feed] on 5/12/25 at 3:40pm

Most Israelis want to end the war but their prime minister does not

The Immigration Pendulum Is Swinging Once Again

The Atlantic [Feed] on 5/12/25 at 2:35pm

Trump was elected in part on a pledge to crack down on immigration But he may be overinterpreting his mandate

The Trump Trade-War Scam

The Atlantic [Feed] on 5/12/25 at 12:35pm

How to understand the phony trade deals with Britain and China

The Atlantic Hires Alexandra Petri as Staff Writer

The Atlantic [Feed] on 5/12/25 at 12:29pm

Alexandra Petri one of Americas greatest columnists and funniest writers is joining The Atlantic as a staff writer Alexandra will begin writ...

China Called Trumps Bluff

The Atlantic [Feed] on 5/12/25 at 10:21am

There is a lesson here for anyone Trump threatens

Why Kids Need Islands of Competence

The Atlantic [Feed] on 5/12/25 at 7:00am

When children fall short many parents instinct is to take away something they love Thats the wrong impulse

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