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David Frum is a staff writer at The Atlantic.
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Trump Finally Drops the Anti-Semitism Pretext
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/05/mcmahon-harvard-letter/682717/?utm_source=feed
Published: May 6, 2025 22:49
The latest letter to Harvard makes clear that the administrationâs goal is to punish liberal institutions for the crime of being liberal.
An âAmerica Firstâ Deal With the Houthis
Published: May 6, 2025 22:30
The U.S. has extracted itself from the conflict, not ended it.
âItâs All Cronyism Going Forwardâ
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2025/05/nih-cronyism/682713/?utm_source=feed
Published: May 6, 2025 21:01
A flu researcher the Trump administration elevated to power will now benefit from a massive funding award.
Congressional Republicans Have Two Bad Options
Published: May 6, 2025 20:37
How to make sense of their stumbling progressâperhapsâtoward a major fiscal bill
Trumpâs Kennedy Center Debut: Les Mis and Six-Figure Checks
Published: May 6, 2025 19:49
The president will attend a fundraiser and a showing of Les Misérables at an institution he hopes to remake in his image.
Dear James: I Want to Want to Listen
Published: May 6, 2025 17:01
I love my husband. But I find it impossible to pay attention to him.
This Conclave Will Be Different
Published: May 6, 2025 16:11
The media have never had so much influence on the men who pick the pope.
A Portrait of the Restaurateur as an Artist
Published: May 6, 2025 15:26
Keith McNallyâs new memoir is full of revelations, but one stands out: The role of the restaurant manager is an underrated art form.
Along the Valdez Trail
Published: May 6, 2025 14:26
A trip Into Alaskaâs Copper River Valley in 1902
Putinâs Bread and Circus Had Bread
Published: May 6, 2025 13:44
If thereâs one cue Trump missed from the Russian dictator, itâs never to mess with economic stability.
Elon Muskâs Most Alarming Power Grab
Published: May 6, 2025 12:00
Can anyone stop his space-based internet?
From Hollywood to Hitler
Published: May 6, 2025 12:00
In a new novel, Daniel Kehlmann asks why the director G. W. Pabst worked with the Nazis.
Congress Is Preparing to Hit Universities Where It Hurts
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/05/university-endowment-tax/682698/?utm_source=feed
Published: May 6, 2025 11:01
Taxing endowments is likely to weaken elite institutions, not fix them. Thatâs the point.
The Death of Feminism
https://www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/archive/2025/05/the-death-of-feminism/682704/?utm_source=feed
Published: May 6, 2025 10:00
Spice Girls slogans and reality-TV aesthetics: A new book traces how feminism morphed into clickable objectification.
The Missing Branch
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/05/missing-branch-congress/682701/?utm_source=feed
Published: May 6, 2025 10:00
In an era of intense constitutional combat, Congress is nowhere to be found.
Airport Detentions Have Travelers âFreaked Outâ
Published: May 5, 2025 22:13
Fears of being detained are in overdrive, even if the Trump administration insists that theyâre overblown.
How the World Became Awash in Synthetics
Published: May 5, 2025 21:56
It started in 1934, with a PR crisis.
Breakfast Is Breaking
Published: May 5, 2025 21:41
The classic American version hasnât changed much in a century. Now it faces an identity crisis.
Trump Is Hiding Behind His Lawyers
Published: May 5, 2025 21:41
The president wants to seize new powers, yet heâs also eager to hand off responsibility for hard decisions.
The Comic Whoâs His Own Worst Enemy
Published: May 5, 2025 18:04
The Rehearsal takes the pranksterâs quest for self-betterment to new extremes.
The âSignificant Riskâ That Republicans Tank the Economy
Published: May 5, 2025 17:54
How the GOPâs indecision in Congress could crash the markets
Harvard Begins to Confront Its Anti-Semitism Problem
Published: May 5, 2025 16:45
A 300-page report makes for dismal reading.
Parenthood Cannot Be Optimized
Published: May 5, 2025 15:27
Amanda Hessâs new book examines a surplus of experts and gadgets that promise to perfect the experience of raising children.
Fact-Checking Is Out, âCommunity Notesâ Are In
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2025/05/meta-community-notes/682695/?utm_source=feed
Published: May 5, 2025 15:24
People âactuallyâ each other on social media all the timeâis that enough to curb misinformation?
The Pro-Family Policy This Nation Actually Needs
Published: May 5, 2025 12:40
Embrace all the people who already want kids, but struggle to have them.
Is Popular Culture Really in Terminal Decline?
Published: May 5, 2025 11:30
An emerging critical consensus argues that weâve entered a cultural dark age. Iâm not so sure.
How to Prepare for the Trumpcession
Published: May 5, 2025 11:17
I donât know whatâs happening, but Iâm stocking up on ibuprofen.
How to Define Old Age
https://www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/archive/2025/05/how-to-define-old-age/682662/?utm_source=feed
Published: May 5, 2025 09:00
Why would the World Health Organization want to call âold ageâ a disease?
The SNL Sketch That Captured Millennial Anxiety
Published: May 4, 2025 16:44
The guest host Quinta Brunson was the perfect fit to introduce âForever 31.â
Skin a Rabbit
Published: May 4, 2025 13:30
A short story
A Trip into Alaskaâs Copper River Valley in 1902
Published: May 4, 2025 13:00
At the end of the 19th century, an estimated 100,000 people joined the Klondike Gold Rush, seeking their fortunes in the interior of Alaska and Canadaâs Yukon territory. Many gold seekers who chose the arduous path inland from Alaskaâs port of Valdez alsoâŠ
The Most Infamous Narcissist in Literary History Gets a Smartphone
Published: May 4, 2025 12:30
A new stage production of The Picture of Dorian Gray conveys the cost of posturing online.
Good Lord, These Muscadines
Published: May 4, 2025 12:30
A poem
How Scientists Can Be Good Citizens
Published: May 4, 2025 12:16
We have a responsibility to ensure that our discoveries are used in the public interest. That isnât always easy.
Canadians Are Seriously Worried About War With the U.S.
Published: May 4, 2025 12:00
The consequences if Trump followed through on his belligerent rhetoric about a â51st stateâ would be catastrophic.
The Destruction of the Department of Justice
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/05/trump-destroying-doj/682681/?utm_source=feed
Published: May 4, 2025 11:53
When people at the department embrace Trumpâs scorn for the law, the law, as a practical limitation on government action, ceases to exist.
How to Stay in Touch With Your Friends
Published: May 4, 2025 11:01
The Atlanticâs writers and editors share what they do when life gets in the way.
Trumpâs El Salvador Scheme Is Cruel and Unusual Punishment
Published: May 3, 2025 14:01
The Eighth Amendment case against sending deportees to CECOT
The Judiciary Pushback Against Trumpâs Agenda
Published: May 3, 2025 13:33
How courts across the country have responded to the presidentâs immigration agenda
The Writer Who Understood Aloneness
Published: May 3, 2025 13:30
Mavis Gallantâs short stories are about people, especially women, who prefer to live on the social margins. I cherish one of them most of all.
The Link Between Happiness and Social Connection
Published: May 3, 2025 13:09
Building a meaningful life is hard for young people to do right now.
Donât Look at Stock Markets. Look at the Ports.
Published: May 3, 2025 12:01
A drop in maritime traffic suggests that the worst is yet to come.
Weâve Been Thinking About Love All Wrong
Published: May 3, 2025 11:31
What illness taught me about true friendship
Universities Deserve Special Standing
Published: May 3, 2025 10:01
A good life and a good society require an ongoing search for understanding and knowledge.
Trumpâs Hollow Defense of Tariffs
Published: May 2, 2025 22:38
His usual marketing savvy is nowhere to be seen.
The Missing Part of Trump's Minerals Math
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2025/05/trumps-mineral-paradox/682675/?utm_source=feed
Published: May 2, 2025 19:54
Without demand from clean energy, the U.S. market for rare earth, graphite, and lithium will falter.
Fox and Frenemy
Published: May 2, 2025 19:31
Trump may lash out at the network. But the two will always make up.
Take Your Book Outside
Published: May 2, 2025 18:00
Reading al fresco isnât always idyllicâthere are sun, bugs, heat. But it can be sublime.
The Most Persuasive âPeopleâ on Reddit Were a Front for AI
Published: May 2, 2025 18:00
Itâs one thing to be fooled by a human with dubious morals, and another entirely to have your mind changed by something that doesnât have one.
Autocracy Crushed My Alma Mater. Then I Got to Columbia.
Published: May 2, 2025 15:57
Smolny College is a warning.
Everything Is the âTwitter Filesâ Now
Published: May 2, 2025 14:21
The State Department is using Elon Muskâs playbook.
The Answer to Marvelâs Biggest Question
Published: May 2, 2025 14:01
The new film Thunderbolts* looks to the franchiseâs past for a flash of inspiration.
Jamie Thompson and Josh Tyrangiel Joining The Atlantic as Staff Writers
Published: May 2, 2025 13:42
Thompson won 2025 National Magazine Award for Atlantic cover story, âTo Stop a Shooterâ
Photos of the Week: May Day, Fire Festival, Finger Wrestling
https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2025/05/photos-of-the-week/682664/?utm_source=feed
Published: May 2, 2025 13:00
A sandstorm in northeastern Syria, the funeral of Pope Francis at the Vatican, a motorcycle-sidecar race in England, a restored artificial grotto in Bavaria, King's Day celebrations in the Netherlands, a giant birdsong amplifier in Slovakia, a stormtrooperâŠ
The Jim Crow Economy Is the True Horror in Sinners
Published: May 2, 2025 12:54
The film illustrates the near-impossibility of upward mobility during the segregation era.
Is Anthony Weiner Ready to Go Another Round?
Published: May 2, 2025 10:31
The ex-congressman whose name became a punch line is running for New Yorkâs city council. In some ways, he hasnât changed a bit.
MAGA Influencers Should Have Some Self-Respect
Published: May 2, 2025 10:00
The new White House influencer briefing is a parade of softballs and sycophancy.
A Witch Hunt at the State Department
Published: May 1, 2025 21:08
Trumpâs commissars are looking for ideological enemies.
Inside Mike Waltzâs White House Exit
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/05/mike-waltz-trump-fired/682660/?utm_source=feed
Published: May 1, 2025 20:34
Signalgate was the national security adviserâs most glaring mistake. But his problems ran deeper.
Who Gets Panzer Tattooed on Their Arm?
Published: May 1, 2025 19:05
The ink that tells the story of Trumpâs second term
When Presidents Sought a Third (and Fourth) Term
Published: May 1, 2025 18:09
Winning more than two elections was unthinkable. Then came FDR.
Mike Waltz Was Doomed From the Start
Published: May 1, 2025 17:06
If Signalate hadnât led to the ouster of Trumpâs national security adviser, the president still wasnât likely to keep him around long.
Why Are Young People Everywhere So Unhappy?
Published: May 1, 2025 16:01
Hereâs the answer to thatâand what we can do about it.
Six Books That Will Make You Want to Touch Grass
Published: May 1, 2025 14:58
Reading has been unfairly maligned as an indoor activity for far too long.
Trump Is Fulfilling Kissingerâs Dream
Published: May 1, 2025 12:40
The president is not the first American leader to disregard the role of morality in foreign policy, but heâs taking things much further than anyone has before.
Why is Trump So Into Crypto?
https://www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/archive/2025/05/who-can-stop-crypto-now/682654/?utm_source=feed
Published: May 1, 2025 11:45
The presidentâs enthusiasm for digital currency could destabilize Americaâs financial systems.
Schrödingerâs Detainees
Published: April 30, 2025 22:57
Kilmar Abrego Garcia is one of hundreds of prisoners in El Salvador who have been denied their day in court.
What Would It Take for Trump to Stand Up to Putin?
Published: April 30, 2025 19:43
Donald Trump backs down to no one. Except for one man in Moscow.
The Atlantic Hires Missy Ryan as Staff Writer
Published: April 30, 2025 19:40
Americaâs Pro-Disease Movement
Published: April 30, 2025 17:30
How the Trump administration is worsening a public-health crisis
Winners of the GDT Nature Photographer of the Year 2025
Published: April 30, 2025 15:17
A collection of winning and honored images from this yearâs nature-photo competition
The End of the âGenericâ Grocery-Store Brand
Published: April 30, 2025 13:38
They're no longer terribleâin fact, they're often the draw.
Well, Thatâs One Way to Address Americaâs Vaping Problem
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2025/04/vapes-china-tariffs-trump/682647/?utm_source=feed
Published: April 30, 2025 13:12
Millions of Americans are inhaling e-cigarettes illegally imported from China. Because of tariffs, theyâre about to get a lot more expensive.
The End of the Enlightenment?
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2025/04/trump-academic-freedom/682648/?utm_source=feed
Published: April 30, 2025 13:00
Americans must insist on academic freedom, or risk losing what makes our nation great.
The Trump Voters Who Like What They See
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/04/satisfied-trump-voters/682645/?utm_source=feed
Published: April 30, 2025 12:00
âEven if they donât agree with everything heâs doing, heâs doing something.â
What Do Boys Need?
Published: April 30, 2025 11:30
The same affectionate care as girlsâperhaps even more of it.
This Is the Way a World Order Ends
Published: April 30, 2025 11:00
Americans once associated spheres of influence with a cynical, volatile European past. Now Washington is resurrecting them.
A New Sign That AI Is Competing With College Grads
https://www.theatlantic.com/economy/archive/2025/04/job-market-youth/682641/?utm_source=feed
Published: April 30, 2025 10:00
Higher ed doesnât confer the same labor advantages that it did 15 years ago.
Trumpâs Ranting Canât Change His Polling Numbers
Published: April 29, 2025 21:46
The president is eager to shoot the messenger. But his real problem is the numbers themselves.
How the U.S. Lost the Canadian Election
Published: April 29, 2025 19:57
Trumpâs threats to annex Canada reversed its political trendâbut they should not reverse its commitment to free trade.
Dear James: A Riddle About Reading
Published: April 29, 2025 17:25
Even when I love a book, I want it to end. Why?
Canadaâs Liberal Juggernaut
Published: April 29, 2025 16:17
Trump isnât the only reason Canadaâs center-left party keeps winning.
Russia Is in Demographic Free Fall. Putin Isnât Helping.
Published: April 29, 2025 16:09
The Russian president is enacting one of the worldâs most extreme natalism programsâand one of the weirdest.
The Texas County Where âEverybody Has Somebody in Their Familyâ With Dementia
Published: April 29, 2025 14:45
And many people with the condition are cared for at home.
The Churchâs Take on Sex Has Always Been Complicated
Published: April 29, 2025 14:00
Americans Donât Do This
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/04/mahmoud-khalil-free-speech/682554/?utm_source=feed
Published: April 29, 2025 13:56
On Mahmoud Khalil and the right to free expression
The Great Language Flattening
Published: April 29, 2025 13:30
Chatbots learned from human writing. Now, itâs their turn to influence us.
Why Trump Is Giving Putin Everything He Wants
Published: April 29, 2025 13:15
If the U.S. president holds all the cards, why hasnât he won any concessions from Russia?
Whoâs Afraid of Gen Zâs Squeaky Clean, Backflipping Bro?
https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2025/04/benson-boone-coachella/682629/?utm_source=feed
Published: April 29, 2025 13:00
Benson Boone has charmed his way to the topâand that really seems to bother some people.
The Longest 100 Days
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/04/donald-trump-100-days/682636/?utm_source=feed
Published: April 29, 2025 11:01
The clash between Donald Trumpâs determination to rule and his inability to govern has set the country on an unsustainable course.
Trump Is Paving the Way for Another âChina Shockâ
Published: April 29, 2025 11:01
The MIT economist David Autor helped fracture the old free-trade consensus. But he thinks that whatâs replacing it is even worse.
The Short-Circuiting of the American Mind
Published: April 29, 2025 11:01
A century-old book foresaw Trumpâs most basic strategy.
The Problem of Finding a Marriageable Man
Published: April 29, 2025 10:01
College graduates are marrying at high rates. Everyone else isnât.