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Sally Rooney Is Wrong, and So Is What’s Happening to Her

October 20, 2026

Immigration Is a Poorly Oiled Machine

Geraldo L. Cadava

October 12, 2026

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A Terrible Way to Die, a Terrifying Way to Survive

Elizabeth Bruenig

October 1, 2026

A photo collage of a syringe, the veins of an arm, a bottle of pentobarbital, and Christa Pike's face.

The Curious Left-Wing Argument Against New AI Regulations

September 21, 2026

A photograph of the U.S. Capitol

Lina Khan on Doomer Panic and Ending AI Exceptionalism

September 18, 2026

Galaxy Brain host Charlie Warzel and former head of the FTC Lina Khan in conversation

Congress Might Be About to Hand Trump Sweeping Tariff Powers

September 15, 2026

Black-and-white photographs of Donald Trump and Volodymr Zelensky against a red-and-white background

The Birth of the New Legal Right

September 13, 2026

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Trump’s Antitrust Gambit May Backfire

James Surowiecki

September 3, 2026

How the Right Could Actually End Birthright Citizenship

October 2026 Issue

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Bidenomics Was More Successful Than People Think

August 5, 2026

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An Odyssey for Our Own Time

July 27, 2026

Odysseus looks ahead with a past version of himself in military uniform lurking above his shoulder.

Few Know About This Law, but Everyone Is Paying for It

James Surowiecki

July 21, 2026

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All Men Are Created Equal, but What Does Equal Mean?

Teresa M. Bejan

July 3, 2026

A black-and-white close-up illustration of John Hancock signing the Declaration of Independence.

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A Supreme Court Decision That Might Improve Politics

David A. Graham

July 1, 2026

A close-up of Benjamin Franklin on the $100 bill

A False Pretense of Judicial Modesty

June 30, 2026

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The Supreme Court’s Era of Meaningless Rights

June 26, 2026

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So Much for Leaving Abortion Up to the States

June 14, 2026

A shaky, black and white image of a hand holding a pill above a table with a glass of water and a pregnancy test on top

The One Area Where a 14-Year-Old Is an Adult

Elizabeth Bruenig

June 10, 2026

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Another Chance for Trump to Cash Out

June 3, 2026

An illustration of ripped pieces of red crumpled paper alongside black and white photos of Donald Trump signing a document and the columns of the Supreme Court.

The Blue-State Delusion Over Unions

Nicholas Bagley

May 28, 2026

It’s Maddeningly Difficult to Ban Smoking

Nicholas Florko

May 19, 2026

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Hawaii vs. Citizens United

Michael Scherer

May 14, 2026

Hawaii State Capitol building

The End of Cigarettes Is Coming

Charles Fain Lehman

May 4, 2026

Six cigarettes of different lengths arranged in descending order with a red background

For a Time, the U.S. Protected Democracy

Vann R. Newkirk II

May 2, 2026

Collage of photographs of the signing of the VRA and Supreme Court building, with the text of Louisiana v. Callais

Americans Once Understood Birthright Citizenship

Lawrence Glickman

April 28, 2026

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Thou Shalt Not Post the Ten Commandments in Classrooms

Elizabeth Bruenig

April 26, 2026

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The U.K. Smoking Ban Is Illiberal

Conor Friedersdorf

April 25, 2026

Woman smoking cigarette behind a wall

Have Accommodations Become an Unfair Advantage in Higher Education?

A color photograph of The Atlantic's January 2026 issue opened up to a mid-article spread of Rose Horowitch's essay "Accommodation Nation."

Hungary Just Ousted the Unoustable

Isaac Stanley-Becker

April 12, 2026

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

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

April 9, 2026

a book in the shape of Mississippi

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The Trump Administration Is Trying to Erase Its Own History

David A. Graham

April 8, 2026

Donald Trump holding a document with his signature

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

Smirking Past the Gallows

Daniel B. Shapiro

April 1, 2026

The Immigration Restriction Trump Won’t Try

March 26, 2026

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

America Needs a Trimmer

March 25, 2026

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The Great American Condo Crisis

M. Nolan Gray and Muhammad T. Alameldin

March 13, 2026

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