January 6, five years later
Donald Trump’s destruction of the civil service is a tragedy not just for the roughly 300,000 workers who have been discarded, but for an entire nation.
How Donald Trump tried to ground NASA’s science missions
My five-month quest to monitor the weather, track inflation, and inspect milk for harmful microorganisms
THE ATLANTIC MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘The Most Powerful Man in Science’
How an outsider, once ignored by the public-health establishment, became the most powerful man in science by Michael Scherer
The actor, playwright, and self-made cowboy was also a poet of masculine angst. By Michael O’Donnell
Under Trump, post-liberal intellectuals have abandoned tradition for radicalism and scholarship for vulgarity. By George Packer
THE ATLANTIC MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘VOTE’
The shutdown was hurting Trump. Ending it helps him.Jonathan Chait
James Austin Johnson’s catchall monologues have become an ideal format for the recent onslaught of political news.Erik Adams
THE ATLANTIC MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘Amend It’
A radical legal philosophy has undermined the process of constitutional evolution. Jill Lepore
The Thrilla in Manila nearly killed Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier. Vann R. Newkirk II
A thousand years ago, Murasaki Shikibu wrote The Tale of Genji, the world’s first novel. Who was she? Lauren Groff
What years of witnessing executions taught me about sin, mercy, and the possibility of redemption by Elizabeth Bruenig
How Tracy Anderson built an exercise empire by Xochitl Gonzalez
J. D. Vance could have brought the country’s conflicting strands together. Instead, he took a divisive path to the peak of power. by George Packer
THE ATLANTIC MAGAZINE (April 28, 2025): The latest issue features “I Run The Country and The World” – Donald Trump explains his victory and his plan…
Asked how his second term so far differed from his first, Trump said: “The first time, I had two things to do — run the country and survive; I had all these crooked guys.”
Of a potential 2028 run, Trump told the magazine it “would be a big shattering.”
Reality check: Trump launching a bid for a third term wouldn’t just shatter norms — it would violate the 22nd amendment.
The billionaire class has largely bowed to Trump in his second term. He described the mega-rich taking a friendlier posture as “just a higher level of respect.”
The meritocracy isn’t working. We need something new. By David Brooks
Lucy Calkins was an education superstar. Now she’s cast as the reason a generation of students struggles to read. Can she reclaim her good name?
The National Gallery’s “Paris 1874” explores the movement’s dark origins.
The reelection of Donald Trump would mark the end of George Washington’s vision for the presidency—and the United States.By Tom Nichols
Voters detest the things that Trump wants to do. But they just don’t believe he’ll follow through.By David A. Graham
And how to get them to stopBy Bill Adair
He said Republican politicians would be easy to break. He was right.
His latest comments about mass deportation are a revelation about how he feels—and a troubling reminder of the sources of his appeal.
Julius Rosenwald understood that charity is not just about giving, but about fixing the inequalities that make giving necessary.
The Darién Gap was once considered impassable. Now hundreds of thousands of migrants are risking treacherous terrain, violence, hunger, and disease to travel through the jungle to the United States.
Some say a big war will help the country’s enemies. But is anyone listening?
Tightwads drag around a phantom limb of poverty, no matter what their bank account says.
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