Barack Obama

June 2, 2025

Images of Donald Trump using his personal cellphone

Politics

The Godfather of the Woke Right

Jonathan Chait

May 7, 2025

Books

My Near-Future Dystopia

Laila Lalami

April 25, 2025

A hotel sign says “The Dream Hotel,” with surveillance cameras around it

Global

Iran’s Negotiating Position Gets Worse and Worse

Arash Azizi

April 15, 2025

The Atlantic Daily

Trump Wants Credit for That Too

Lora Kelley

March 19, 2025

Donald Trump stands with his arms outreached on the red carpeted walkway in the Kennedy Center

Global

What Trump Is Really After in the Middle East

Hussein Ibish

February 27, 2025

A Palestinian village neighbors an Israeli settlement in the West Bank.

Culture

America Now Has a Minister of Culture

Gal Beckerman

February 25, 2025

A photo of John F. Kennedy, Jr. and a silhouette of Donald Trump superimposed on a photo of the Kennedy Center.

The Atlantic Daily

What Would a Liberal Tea Party Look Like?

David A. Graham

February 24, 2025

At a protest in front of Capitol Hill, an American flag waves and a sign reads: "Congress, STAND UP"

Ideas

How COVID Pushed a Generation of Young People to the Right

Derek Thompson

February 18, 2025

Young man sitting in the back of a pickup truck, checking his phone, with a Trump campaign sign and the American flag behind him

Politics

Why Isn’t Congress Doing Anything?

Russell Berman

February 14, 2025

A photo-illustration showing black-and-white cut-out photos of Elon Musk and an elephant on a bright-red background.

Politics

What Trump’s Finger-Pointing Reveals

Peter Wehner

February 3, 2025

Donald Trump points at a press conference, adjacent to a photo of the Potomac River swarmed by emergency assistance

Ideas

Where Biden Turned the Battleship

Tim Wu

January 17, 2025

A silhoutte of Joe Biden against a backdrop of $100 bills

Ideas

Maybe It Was Never About the Factory Jobs

Jonathan Chait

January 13, 2025

Science

Political Whiplash in the American Southwest

Ross Andersen

January 7, 2025

drawings of figures, shapes and handprints on a cliff wall

Politics

The Conversation Democrats Need to Have

Jon Favreau

December 10, 2024

An illustration comprising emblems and slogans of the two main parties, Democratic and Republican.

Work In Progress

Why Democrats Got the Politics of Immigration So Wrong for So Long

Rogé Karma

December 10, 2024

Politics

How Trump Could Make Congress Go Away for a While

Russell Berman

November 18, 2024

An illustration showing Trump's face superimposed on the Capitol

Culture

The Limits of Democratic Optimism

Hannah Giorgis

November 8, 2024

Culture

The Celebrities Are Saying the Loud Part Quietly

Spencer Kornhaber

October 28, 2024

A collage of Chappell Roan, Beyoncé, and Eminem

Politics

‘A Lot of People Live Here, and Everybody Votes’

Russell Berman

October 27, 2024

People hold blue Harris-Walz signs at a rally

The Atlantic Daily

Harris’s Best Closing Argument Isn’t Coming From Her

John Hendrickson

October 25, 2024

U.S.

Shifting Campaign Strategies

The Editors

October 12, 2024

Panelists on "Washington Week With The Atlantic"

Politics

‘Politics Can Do Strange Things to Demented People’

John Hendrickson

October 11, 2024

A black-and-white photo collage of Barack Obama and Donald Trump

Culture

Game Change Knew Exactly What Was Coming

James Parker

October 1, 2024

a still from the movie 'Game Change,' with a waving Ed Harris, left, as John McCain, and Julianne Moore as Sarah Palin, right

Science

Does Kamala Harris Believe in Evolution?

Daniel Engber

September 12, 2024

Two candidates at podiums, one red and one blue, stand behind two broken beakers

Ideas

How to Influence People—And Make Friends

Arthur C. Brooks

August 29, 2024

An illustration of three people collaborating to hold a large arrow pointing in one direction.

The Atlantic Daily

An Old-Time American Political Convention

Tom Nichols

August 23, 2024

Streamers erupt at the 2008 DNC convention while people cheer

The Atlantic Daily

The Truth About Celebrities and Politics

John Hendrickson

August 21, 2024

Lil Jon high fives somebody while performing at the DNC

The Atlantic Daily

The Democrats Hone Their Trump Narrative

Lora Kelley

August 20, 2024

Joe Biden gives a speech at the DNC surrounded by "We Heart Joe" signs

Politics

Biden Has Fallen Into a Psychological Trap

Franklin Foer

July 5, 2024

Illustration of many Bidens with hand on his head

Books Briefing

Obama, the Protagonist

Gal Beckerman

March 29, 2024

Books

A Clear-Eyed Look at the Early Obama Years

Danielle Amir Jackson

March 26, 2024

silhouette of Barack Obama with a close-up photo of an eye inside

Politics

Trump Repeats Obama’s Mistake

David A. Graham

March 12, 2024

Michael Whatley, chair of the North Carolina Republican Party, during the Republican National Committee spring meeting in Houston, Texas, US, on Friday, March 8, 2024

Politics

The Logic Behind Biden’s Refusal to Negotiate the Debt Ceiling

Ronald Brownstein

January 27, 2023

Collage showing the White House, Obama, Biden, and an upward-trending line

Politics

The Obama Nostalgia Show

Elaine Godfrey

November 5, 2022

Ideas

The Making of a Leftist

Luke Savage

October 24, 2022

Collage with images of the Hillary-Trump debate, Joe Biden, Nancy Pelosi, etc.

Sections

The Print Edition

The Secret History of Trump’s Private Cellphone

The Godfather of the Woke Right

My Near-Future Dystopia

Iran’s Negotiating Position Gets Worse and Worse

Trump Wants Credit for That Too

What Trump Is Really After in the Middle East

America Now Has a Minister of Culture

What Would a Liberal Tea Party Look Like?

How COVID Pushed a Generation of Young People to the Right

Why Isn’t Congress Doing Anything?

What Trump’s Finger-Pointing Reveals

Where Biden Turned the Battleship

Maybe It Was Never About the Factory Jobs

Political Whiplash in the American Southwest

The Conversation Democrats Need to Have

Why Democrats Got the Politics of Immigration So Wrong for So Long

How Trump Could Make Congress Go Away for a While

The Limits of Democratic Optimism

The Celebrities Are Saying the Loud Part Quietly

‘A Lot of People Live Here, and Everybody Votes’

Harris’s Best Closing Argument Isn’t Coming From Her

Shifting Campaign Strategies

‘Politics Can Do Strange Things to Demented People’

Game Change Knew Exactly What Was Coming

Does Kamala Harris Believe in Evolution?

How to Influence People—And Make Friends

An Old-Time American Political Convention

The Truth About Celebrities and Politics

The Democrats Hone Their Trump Narrative

Biden Has Fallen Into a Psychological Trap

Obama, the Protagonist

A Clear-Eyed Look at the Early Obama Years

Trump Repeats Obama’s Mistake

The Logic Behind Biden’s Refusal to Negotiate the Debt Ceiling

The Obama Nostalgia Show

The Making of a Leftist