Colleges Are at a Breaking Point
The AI job market has made tuition look like a dubious investment. But it only exposes the deeper identity crisis in American higher education.
Trump’s Iran War: America’s Loss Is China’s Win
Phillips O’Brien on the global fallout of Putin’s war in Russia, Trump’s war in Iran, and MAGA’s indifference toward Taiwan. Plus: Trump’s new slush fund and What Science Says About Astrology.
What’s the AI Endgame?
Chris Hayes on anxiety, automation, and how to emotionally survive the AI boom
America Has Always Had a Gerrymandering Problem. This Is New.
Election maps post-Callais
What Happens if the U.S. Defaults?
Lloyd Blankfein on the growing U.S. debt, polarization, the state of the economy, and what a United States default would look like. Plus: Trump-branded cellphones and the decline of public confidence in free enterprise.
Flipping Off Phones
Why more people are trading in their smartphones for dumb ones
The Tragedy of the Tradwife
Caro Claire Burke on her best-selling novel, Yesteryear, and the retrograde fantasy that inspired it.
How to Survive Losing a Child
Danielle Crittenden on losing a daughter, grief, and her new memoir, Dispatches From Grief.
Did a Human Write This?
The tool that knows if you used ChatGPT
The ‘Great Man’ Presidency
Is Donald Trump reading Hegel?
Who Is the Real Base of the Democratic Party?
Jamal Simmons on lessons from the 2024 election, how Democrats can win in 2028, and who the real base of the Democratic Party is. Plus: why the White House Correspondents’ Dinner feels so out of touch, and The Magician, by Colm Tóibín.
How Short-Form Clips Took Over the Internet
You’re not watching the show. You’re watching the clips.
The Kash Patel Fallout
An interview with the Atlantic staff writer Sarah Fitzpatrick about her reporting
On the Brink of Global Recession
The economist Adam Posen on the effect of the war in Iran on the world’s economy and the darkening economic outlook for the United States. Plus: A shifting partisan balance of power and Ask Not: The Kennedys and the Women They Destroyed, by Maureen Callahan.
Breaking Free From Alex Jones
A former Infowars employee on radicalization, lies, and getting out
If Hungary Can Do It
Viktor Orbán offered a model for antidemocratic rule, one admired by Donald Trump and other world leaders. What does his stunning loss after 16 years in power mean?
Is Anybody Actually Winning Trump’s Iran War?
Former U.S. Deputy National Security Adviser Matt Pottinger on the U.S.-Iran cease-fire, Trump’s Hormuz blockade, and China’s reaction to the Iran war. Plus: A seismic election in Hungary, and Labyrinths, by Jorge Luis Borges.
How Fake People Became Real Influencers
AI avatars are redefining influence and trust online.
Trump Is Wishcasting Victory in Iran
The president went from threatening that “a whole civilization will die” to claiming a “total and complete victory.” What does the already shaky cease-fire mean as he tries to steer his way out of the war?
What It Means to Be American
Fareed Zakaria and David Frum on whether they regret becoming American citizens. Plus: how 18 years of economic turmoil ushered in a new populist era, and a discussion of Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino.