American History as Rorschach Test
A new curriculum plays down America’s sins.
The American Experiment Is Worth Believing In
The Atlantic’s editor in chief, Jeffrey Goldberg, on America’s 250th anniversary and the American idea today. Plus: what we can learn from American history on this Fourth of July and City on a Hill: A History of American Exceptionalism by Abram Van Engen.
Trump’s Battle for Washington
The deeper problems with Trump’s D.C. remake
A Writer Learns How to Read Again
Rewiring your attention in the age of the feed
How the World Cup Explains the World
Do the games offer a lesson for politics?
Did Trump Surrender to Iran?
Inside the Trump-Iran negotiations, with Vivian Salama. Plus: Why do people no longer care about climate change? And Bel Canto by Ann Patchett.
What Will Happen to Birthright Citizenship?
The Supreme Court considers the Fourteenth Amendment.
How to Think About AI Before It’s Too Late
The case against AI hype with Cory Doctorow
‘You Slap Me in the Face, I’ll Slap You Right Back’
Nancy Pelosi on gerrymandering, the midterms, and her 39 years in Congress
Cuba Is Collapsing. Will Trump Invade?
The CNN international correspondent Patrick Oppmann on Trump’s fixation on Cuba, the current state of the Cuban government, and what happens next. Plus: J. D. Vance’s presidential aspirations, and Othello.
Jomboy on Robot Umpires and the Future of Baseball
How MLB turned balls and strikes into a spectacle
When Both Parties Try to Out-Macho Each Other
The modern politics of masculinity
Republicans vs. the Fourteenth Amendment
Professor David W. Blight on President Trump’s war on the Fourteenth Amendment. Plus: Brexit at 10 years and 1873 by Liaquat Ahamed.
The Old Campaign Playbook Is Dead
How influencers, podcasts, and AI are rewriting the rules of political campaigns
Is the GOP Starting to Defy Trump?
Republicans aren’t automatically falling in line anymore.
How to Save the Supreme Court From Itself
Kate Shaw on reforming the U.S. Supreme Court. Plus: extremism in the Democratic Party, and the history of the word graduate.
Why Everyone Hates AI Data Centers
The left-right coalition forming against AI
History Repeats in Cuba
Trump is not the first American president to think he can take it.
Has Trump Corrupted the Military?
Representative Jason Crow on the chaos at Pete Hegseth’s “Department of War.” Plus: Trump’s Iran defeat and James Boswell’s The Life of Samuel Johnson.
How Dropout Cracked Internet Comedy
Sam Reich on building “better internet” and not “worse Netflix”