Why the Internet Needs a Memory
Publishers have every right to challenge businesses that exploit their work—but the Wayback Machine has become collateral damage.
How Corruption Got This Bad
Over the course of decades, the Supreme Court has legalized behavior that is poisonous to a functioning democracy.
The Minimal Requirements for a Society Free From Fear
Liberalism’s deepest grounding is the belief that cruelty is an absolute evil.
Like Yesteryear, but Better
In Sarah Anderson’s novel, Fallow, a woman is hired to bear children for busy C-suite executives.
Mamdani Is the Centrist We’ve Been Waiting For
The New York City mayor deserves a new cult following—among pragmatists.
Decoupling From the U.S. Is Awkward
Canada is experiencing a sudden and complicated defense boom.
Maine Has Changed. Susan Collins Hasn’t.
The senator is trying to defy the odds, again.
Democrats’ Sudden Revulsion Toward Big Tech
The party once celebrated technology’s potential for innovation—now it’s a villain in campaign ads.
Siding With Putin Is a Huge Mistake
The United States should stand unequivocally with Ukraine against Russia.
America Is Now an Ally of Russia
Donald Trump has abandoned the Western order.
Catalog of Misplaced Things
A poem
How the Rabbit Revolution Went Too Far
The golden age of vibrators is not what it seems.
What Role Should Politics Play In Your Life?
Long careers spent covering politicians have taught David Brooks and Jeffrey Goldberg the importance of putting politics in its place.
The Evolution of the Human Brain Set It Up for Failure
The genetic changes that made the human brain may have made us uniquely vulnerable to Alzheimer’s.
America Has a Police Shortage
Many Americans have decided that their country’s problem is that it has too many police officers. In fact, it has too few.
Theranos-Style Fraud Has Become the Norm
Elizabeth Holmes was ahead of her time.
The Fight to Control Congress
Panelists discuss the midterm elections in a special edition of Washington Week With The Atlantic in Austin, Texas.
The Final Defenders
Those facing the death penalty have a last line of protection: the specialists who find explanations for unthinkable crimes and attempt to convince juries that sometimes guilty people deserve mercy.
Another Battle Between the Catholic Church and the Trump Administration
The Church has fought the government multiple times to ensure that detained migrants have access to sacraments.
The Flying Car Must Never Be Built
It is not a goal to be reached, but a dream of new freedom deferred.
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