So This Is What ‘America First’ Looks Like
The practical application of Trump’s isolationism is hardly the big break he promised.
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As the financial ecosystem has gotten more complex, so have parents’ payments to kids.
Illustration by Ben Kothe / The Atlantic. Sources: Win McNamee / Getty; Bettmann / Getty; Chip Somodevilla / Getty. John Roberts’s Dream Is Finally Coming True
The chief justice has been working to neuter the Voting Rights Act since the beginning of his career.
Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Getty Something Ominous Is Happening in the AI Economy
The last time so much wealth was tied up in such obscure overlapping arrangements was just before the 2008 financial crisis.
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Illustration by Anna Ruch / The Atlantic. Sources: ATR / Historic Collection / Alamy The Star Who Represents Iran’s Golden Age—And Its Future
Googoosh’s love songs are both banned and beloved in her homeland. Her new memoir reveals a life as rich and painful as Iran’s history.
Ethan Swope / Bloomberg / Getty The Media CEOs Jockeying for Trump’s Support
By appearing noncommittal in the fight over Warner Bros., the president is inviting competing bids for his blessing.
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A fast-growing Filipino chain is serving burgers and chicken that seem like typical American fare—until you taste them.
Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Michael Paulsen / Houston Chronicle / Getty. The Most Impractical Tool in My Kitchen
Carbon-steel knives are high-maintenance. And that’s the point.
There’s a Better Way to Parent: Less Yelling, Less Praise
When Michaeleen Doucleff met parents from around the world, she encountered millennia-old methods of raising good kids that made American parenting seem bizarre and ineffective. (From 2021)
ClassicStock / Getty The Genius of Handel’s Messiah
The oratorio is a feat of sustained inspiration arguably unsurpassed in the canon of Western classical music. (From 2024)
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Robert Havell / Heritage Art / Getty Why Americans Hate the Media
Why has the media establishment become so unpopular? Perhaps the public has good reason to think that the media’s self-aggrandizement gets in the way of solving the country’s real problems. (From 1996)
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Jinae West radio atlantic•Episode 159He’s Undocumented. She’s Not.
A young couple decides whether to stay in the U.S.—or leave.
Brennan Center for Justice the david frum show•Episode 36How to Stop Trump’s Plan to Steal the 2026 Elections
Brennan Center President Michael Waldman on how Donald Trump could try to subvert the 2026 midterm elections, how he can be stopped, and what can be done to reform America’s electoral system. Plus: David on Trump’s silly award from FIFA.
LIMITED SERIESAutocracy in America
There are authoritarian tactics already at work in the United States. To root them out, you have to know where to look.
Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Getty. how to age up•Episode 6How to Age Up on a Warming Planet
Younger generations are having a hard time imagining their future.
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