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The VRA’s demise could result in a hollowing out of Black political representation and influence, not only in Washington and in state capitals.

The AI boom is meant to overwhelm you.

He was elected to tackle one problem. Instead, he’s made it worse.

Essential advice for the class of 2026

The universe of people pressing debunked theories is so broad that it’s a feature of the system.

The Comeback and Hacks bring the AI debate to the writers’ room.

The complicated relationship that plagued some literary savants

State lawmakers want to change the terms of personhood for corporations.

The major goal of Trump and Xi’s meeting is to do no harm.

How “masculinism” has become the single most important force uniting the American right

Election maps post-Callais

The United States tried to swerve away from politics at this year’s Venice Biennale and ended up saying nothing at all.

The Atlantic’s writers and editors have chosen fiction and nonfiction to match all sorts of moods.

And how to get it back.

A virulent form of misogyny has become the single most important force holding together the American right.

The transportation secretary’s new reality show comes at an inopportune time.

The continuing crisis in Iran and the subsequent closure of the Strait of Hormuz have exacted a heavy cost worldwide. In addition to the steep price of military expenditures, destroyed infrastructure, and human lives lost, global shortages of fuel, fertilizer,…

What should we do when confronted with posts from family influencers?

The nation’s railway system is destined to lose.

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.

The senator from Louisiana offered an olive branch to MAHA and got nothing in return.

The policy is unfocused, run by amateurs, and concerned more with the president’s many grievances than with the security of the United States.

Imagine what happens if jobs actually start disappearing.

How to persuade skeptical voters to take a fresh look at the party

How did $65 million of allegedly stolen antiquities wind up in two of the world’s greatest museums?