law - The Atlantic

law

April 12, 2026

Attendees at a Tisza-party election event cheer as Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán concedes during parliamentary elections in Budapest

Ideas

States Are Learning the Wrong Lesson From the ‘Mississippi Miracle’

Rachel Canter

April 9, 2026

The Atlantic Daily

The Trump Administration Is Trying to Erase Its Own History

David A. Graham

April 8, 2026

Humor

I Am Here to Watch the Birthright-Citizenship Arguments, but Not in a Threatening Way

Alexandra Petri

April 1, 2026

Donald Trump's face looking at the Supreme Court building

Ideas

Smirking Past the Gallows

Daniel B. Shapiro

April 1, 2026

Ideas

The Immigration Restriction Trump Won’t Try

Marc Novicoff

March 26, 2026

A collage of immigration-related documents and Donald Trump's face

Ideas

America Needs a Trimmer

David Brooks

March 25, 2026

Ideas

The Great American Condo Crisis

M. Nolan Gray and Muhammad T. Alameldin

March 13, 2026

National Security

The Pentagon’s Lawyers Are Now Under Review

Sarah Fitzpatrick and Missy Ryan

March 12, 2026

A black-and-white illustration of Pete Hegseth, multiplied into three busts, and the American flag on the left

Politics

The Republican Who Wants to Banish His Own Constituents

Russell Berman

March 11, 2026

Illustration with a black-and-white photograph of Andy Ogles overlayed in front of a beige, old map of Tennessee that has been rotated 90 degrees

The Atlantic Daily

Trump Has Given America a Constitutional Dilemma

Tom Nichols

March 2, 2026

Ideas

Trump Has No Plan for the Iranian People

Anne Applebaum

February 28, 2026

Politics

Trump’s Favorite Voter-ID Bill Would Probably Backfire

Marc Novicoff

February 26, 2026

Ideas

How America Chose Not to Hold the Powerful to Account

Adam Serwer

February 25, 2026

An illustration of a scale of justice with a crown sitting atop it.

Science

MAGA’s Animal Nationalism

Daniel Engber

February 22, 2026

Dog with collar that reads "Make America Great Again"

Ideas

How the Supreme Court Spared America

Ilya Somin

February 21, 2026

Photograph of the Supreme Court building at dusk with a hanging lantern and lights illuminating the entrance

Ideas

The Supreme Court Delivers Trump a Humiliating Gift

David Frum

February 20, 2026

Economy

Get Ready for Zombie Tariffs

Rogé Karma

February 20, 2026

Photo illustration of Donald Trump framed by shipping containers

The Atlantic Daily

The Latest Ploy to Help Republicans Win Elections

David A. Graham

February 18, 2026

Ideas

Five Basic Truths About America’s Most Polarizing Policy Debate

Conor Friedersdorf

February 11, 2026

An image of a man standing in front of a highway

Ideas

A Social-Media Ban Really Could Do a Lot of Good

Keith Humphreys and Jonathan Caulkins

February 2, 2026

Abstract illustration of an iPhone in a kind of animal trap with 'react' buttons from facebook falling out of it

Ideas

What Should Americans Do Now?

George Packer

January 27, 2026

Color photograph of a person in a cap looking down at Minneapolis protests from a window.

Ideas

First Comes ICE, Then Come Lawsuits

Aziz Huq

January 27, 2026

A photograph of a chaotic scene with protestors facing off against heavily armored officers, an American flag flying in the foreground

Ideas

Colleges Are Stuck Between Bad Options for Fighting Hateful Ideas

Conor Friedersdorf

January 26, 2026

Politics

The Logical End Point of Trump Saying He Could Shoot Somebody on Fifth Avenue

Jonathan Chait

January 25, 2026

Federal agents near the site of where Alex Pretti was shot in Minneapolis

Ideas

International Law Is Holding Democracies Back

John Yoo

January 25, 2026

An image of Donald Trump next to an image of a hand holding the 1945 Charter of the United Nations.

Culture

Minneapolis Is a Second Amendment Wake-Up Call

Tyler Austin Harper

January 24, 2026

two people walk on snowy ground, one holding an American flag on his shoulder

Family

Can We Just Let Teens Exist in Public?

Julie Beck

January 24, 2026

black and white photo of young people hanging out outside stores

Politics

Trump Can Prosecute Anyone Now

Adam Serwer

January 21, 2026

Illustration showing a giant Trump hovering over a tiny Supreme Court building

Ideas

The Levers Trump Isn’t Using

Yuval Levin

January 20, 2026

Close-up photo of Donald Trump's hands folded on his desk

Culture

The Question That the Lawyers Representing Trans Athletes Didn’t Answer

Sally Jenkins

January 16, 2026

Photo of people protesting outside the Supreme Court

Ideas

How the Supreme Court Broke Congress

Duncan Hosie

January 13, 2026

Congress hiding behind huge corinthian columns

Ideas

The Court Case That Is Allowing ICE to Stop Just About Anyone It Wants

Paul Rosenzweig

January 12, 2026

Photograph of a man in an ICE tactical vast seen getting out of a black car

Ideas

Banana Republicanism

Jonathan Chait

January 12, 2026

Jerome Powell looks down, with flags in the background

Ideas

Americans Are Afraid of Authority

Philip K. Howard

January 10, 2026

Health

Eat More Deer

Yasmin Tayag

January 9, 2026

Illustration of a deer labeled with cuts of meat in archaic font

Sections

The Print Edition

Hungary Just Ousted the Unoustable

States Are Learning the Wrong Lesson From the ‘Mississippi Miracle’

The Trump Administration Is Trying to Erase Its Own History

I Am Here to Watch the Birthright-Citizenship Arguments, but Not in a Threatening Way

Smirking Past the Gallows

The Immigration Restriction Trump Won’t Try

America Needs a Trimmer

The Great American Condo Crisis

The Pentagon’s Lawyers Are Now Under Review

The Republican Who Wants to Banish His Own Constituents

Trump Has Given America a Constitutional Dilemma

Trump Has No Plan for the Iranian People

Trump’s Favorite Voter-ID Bill Would Probably Backfire

How America Chose Not to Hold the Powerful to Account

MAGA’s Animal Nationalism

How the Supreme Court Spared America

The Supreme Court Delivers Trump a Humiliating Gift

Get Ready for Zombie Tariffs

The Latest Ploy to Help Republicans Win Elections

Five Basic Truths About America’s Most Polarizing Policy Debate

A Social-Media Ban Really Could Do a Lot of Good

What Should Americans Do Now?

First Comes ICE, Then Come Lawsuits

Colleges Are Stuck Between Bad Options for Fighting Hateful Ideas

The Logical End Point of Trump Saying He Could Shoot Somebody on Fifth Avenue

International Law Is Holding Democracies Back

Minneapolis Is a Second Amendment Wake-Up Call

Can We Just Let Teens Exist in Public?

Trump Can Prosecute Anyone Now

The Levers Trump Isn’t Using

The Question That the Lawyers Representing Trans Athletes Didn’t Answer

How the Supreme Court Broke Congress

The Court Case That Is Allowing ICE to Stop Just About Anyone It Wants

Banana Republicanism

Americans Are Afraid of Authority

Eat More Deer