The Message Is ‘We Can Take Your Children’
More systematically than in his first term, the president is rolling back protections for undocumented minors.
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Evan Vucci / AP The Wrecking of the FBI
The former FBI official Peter Strzok on how President Donald Trump is destroying U.S. counterintelligence from the inside.
Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Getty. The Conversations Doctors Are Having About Vaccination Now
Pediatricians’ advice on vaccination hasn’t changed. What happens when the government’s does?
Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Getty. The Biggest Myth About the YIMBY Movement
There’s nothing centrist or conservative about the push to lower housing costs.
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Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: GraphicaArtis / Getty. The Supreme Court Won’t Explain Itself
In their decision allowing the Trump administration to dismantle the Department of Education, the justices didn’t offer one word of reasoning.
Sebastian Mast / Connected Archives I Left My Church—And Found Christianity
I spent years telling myself that I could love my church enough to make up for all the love I would never have. But to affirm the goodness of my sexuality, I had to find a new home.
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Earlier this week, the White House told the board of America’s largest public-energy provider to fire the CEO, or be fired.
Photos: The Grand Canyon Burns
The Dragon Bravo wildfire in Arizona grew rapidly over the past weekend, destroying the historic Grand Canyon Lodge and dozens of other structures along the canyon’s North Rim.
Live Closer to Your Friends
They make your life better. So why not turn them into your neighbors? (From 2023)
Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Getty. The American Evangelical Church Is in Crisis. There’s Only One Way Out.
Evangelicals can have revival or nostalgia—but not both. (From 2023)
Photo-illustration by Katie Martin. Source: Roberto Schmidt / AFP / Getty. My Boyhood
“The natural inherited wildness in our blood ran true on its glorious course, as invincible and unstoppable as the stars.”
Photo-illustration by The Atlantic* What Has Happened to the American Dream?
In 1961, Eleanor Roosevelt called for Americans to rededicate themselves to the country’s democratic ideals. (From 1961)
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Diane Macdonald / Getty radio atlantic•Episode 137Should You Be Having More Babies?
It’s time for everyone to engage in the depopulation debate, says Dean Spears, a co-author of After the Spike.
Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Getty. good on paper•Episode 50The Myth of the Poverty Trap
We know how to end extreme poverty. Why haven’t we done it?
Evan Vucci / AP the david frum show•Episode 15The Wrecking of the FBI
The former FBI official Peter Strzok on how President Donald Trump is destroying U.S. counterintelligence from the inside.
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Younger generations are having a hard time imagining their future.
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.
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