American Infrastructure Is About to Get Even Worse
Donald Trump is using the power of the White House to load public-works projects down with bureaucracy.
What Won’t Congress Let Trump Get Away With?
The president’s Caribbean boat strikes are setting a dangerous new precedent.
Photos of the Week: Cave Lights, Mountain Shepherd, Snowbirds Formation
Major storm damage in coastal Alaska, a scene from São Paulo Fashion Week, a 700-year-old mosque in Mali, a Radio City Rockettes rehearsal in Manhattan, and much more
Traditional Criticism Is in Trouble. Here’s What’s Replacing It.
Demand for cultural commentary is higher than it’s ever been—but now that commentary is coming from unconventional new sources.
It’s Not a Dog Whistle If Everyone Can Hear It
A week of ostentatious bigotry in American politics
Why Is Vance Defending That Racist Group Chat?
How a trove of bigoted and violent texts among young Republicans indicates the future of the party
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?