Kevin McAleenan Trump’s Unpardonable Challenge to the ConstitutionThe Atlantic - Quinta JurecicThe president regards the border as a lawless space, where courts have no purchase and the only thing that matters is strength of will. Updated at 7:35 p.m. ET on April 12, 2019. Speaking at a U.S. Border
Julian Assange Julian Assange Got What He DeservedThe Atlantic - Michael WeissDon’t continue to fall for his phony pleas for sympathy, his megalomania, and his promiscuity with the facts. Updated at 11:53 a.m. ET on April 13, 2019. In the end, the man who reportedly smeared feces
World News You Don’t Have to Like Julian Assange to Defend HimThe Atlantic - James BallThe effort to extradite and prosecute the WikiLeaks founder threatens the free media. LONDON—You do not have to spend a long time in a room with Julian Assange to realize that he will be difficult. It
The Implosion of Jeremy CorbynThe Atlantic - Nicky WoolfThe leader of the Labour Party not only has failed to confront anti-Semitism, but seems unable to acknowledge it as a problem. It may have been at the Sternberg Center, where a large overflow marquee my
Trump Administration The Fundamental Legitimacy of Donald TrumpThe Atlantic - Shadi HamidThe democracy-is-doomed crowd was wrong. Trump’s tyranny has never materialized. Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s inquiry into links between Russia and the president’s campaign could have turned out so
Donald Trump A President Falsely Charging ‘Treason’ Is What the Founders FearedThe Atlantic - Conor FriedersdorfTrump’s accusations violate his oath of office. Donald Trump swore to protect and defend the U.S. Constitution. The Constitution declares, “Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying
Women of Color Elizabeth Warren Had Charisma, and Then She Ran for PresidentThe Atlantic - Peter BeinartFemale candidates face a “double bind,” researchers say. When women are perceived as competent, they’re less likely to be seen as inspiring. Charisma comes from the Greek word for “divine gift,” and back
Israel Israel’s Right-Wing MajorityThe Atlantic - Natan SachsNetanyahu celebrated his fifth electoral victory, despite pending criminal charges. If Israel holds elections in the year 2029, you might do well to bet on the right-wing Likud Party. Benjamin Netanyahu
Trump Goes Beyond Cronyism—To Something Far WorseThe Atlantic - Tom NicholsBy naming people such as Herman Cain and Stephen Moore to top jobs, Trump converts the machinery of government to his personal use. If Herman Cain and Stephen Moore are confirmed to the Federal Reserve,
Democratic Party Pete Buttigieg’s Very Public Faith Is Challenging AssumptionsThe Atlantic - Peter WehnerHis tone separates him from many evangelical leaders—but in one crucial way, he might be replicating a mistake of the religious right. The mayor of a medium-size midwestern city, Rhodes Scholar, and war
Lifestyle (Canada) There’s No Substitute for PrintThe Atlantic - Andrew FergusonSome joys can’t be digitized. Sometime this winter, I performed an experiment: I decided to subscribe to home delivery of a daily newspaper. I am so pleased by the success of this experiment that I can
Donald Trump Trump’s Border Obsession Is Courting DisasterThe Atlantic - David A. GrahamThe president’s single-minded focus on immigration is shortchanging Homeland Security’s other crucial functions, from election security to emergency response. It’s hard to understand what’s going on at
Long-form Journalism They Had It ComingThe Atlantic - Caitlin FlanaganThe parents indicted in the college-admissions scandal were responding to a changing America, with rage at being robbed of what they believed was rightfully theirs. Updated at 5:23 p.m. ET on April 9,
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez It Wasn’t ‘Verbal Blackface.’ AOC Was Code-Switching.The Atlantic - John McWhorterHer critics are misreading the linguistic reality of America’s big cities. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has been accused of a lot, but the latest charge is especially piquant. Apparently, the
Liberal View Troubled Countries Can’t Keep People From LeavingThe Atlantic - Eliza Willis, Janet SeizTrump wants El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras to stop emigration by force of will. They can’t. Making good on previous threats, President Donald Trump recently declared an end to aid to El Salvador,
Democratic Party The Need That Democrats Aren’t AddressingThe Atlantic - Rahm EmanuelCandidates must challenge the public to give, not just promise the public more of what it gets. We may be the better part of two years away from the next presidential election, but the central Democratic
Obama’s Presidential Library Is Already DigitalThe Atlantic - Dan CohenThe question now is how to leverage its nature to make it maximally useful and used. As the highly anticipated Obama Presidential Library in Chicago morphed into the Obama Presidential Center—without place
SNC-Lavalin Justin Trudeau Falls From GraceThe Atlantic - David FrumThe Canadian prime minister faces a political crisis of his own devising. The depressing squalor of the Trump era has created in liberal Americans a gnawing hunger for leaders to admire. Foreign leaders
The Happiness RecessionThe Atlantic - W. Bradford Wilcox, Lyman StoneToday’s young adults are replacing church and marriage with friendships. But there’s one thing for which they have no substitute. Updated at 12:50 p.m. ET on April 8, 2019. In 2018, happiness among young
Tim Cook Yes, It Matters That Pete Buttigieg Is GayThe Atlantic - Lucas GrindleyThe fight for equality isn’t won, and the U.S. could use a president who understands that personally. Updated at 12:31 p.m. ET on April 8, 2019. Pete Buttigieg plays harmonica, guitar, and piano! He speaks
Conspiracy Without the TheoryThe Atlantic - Russell Muirhead, Nancy L. RosenblumTrump’s claims of rigged elections and witch hunts aren’t “conspiracy theories”—they’re bare assertions. When swirling charges of rigged elections, witch hunts, and a coup plotted by the “deep state” referred
Is America Undergoing a Political Realignment?The Atlantic - George PackerA new Democratic coalition could be coming to power—but don’t count on it. Realignment—a decisive shift in the balance of power between political parties, creating new coalitions and leaving one party
The New Science of How to Argue—ConstructivelyThe Atlantic - Jesse SingalDisagreement is central to our lives online. ‘Erisologists’ want to study it more systematically. In the early days of the internet, way back in the 1990s, tech utopians envisioned a glittering digital
Whatever Trump Is Playing, It Isn’t GolfThe Atlantic - Rick ReillyThe sport means a lot to Trump—which hasn’t stopped him from cheating outrageously at it. More than any wife, more than any party, more than any opinion, President Donald Trump has remained fiercely loyal
‘A Convenient Life and a Good Life May Not Be the Same Thing’The Atlantic - Franklin FoerMargrethe Vestager, Europe’s top antitrust regulator, hasn’t been able to take down Big Tech—but she has a theory of how to tame it. The election of Donald Trump, and the Cambridge Analytica scandal that
Saudi Arabia Yemen Cannot Afford to WaitThe Atlantic - Robert Malley, Stephen PomperThe scars in the country run deep—and the U.S. shares responsibility. For an American who had a hand in shaping U.S. Mideast policy during the Barack Obama years, coming to Yemen has the unpleasant feel
Hillary Clinton What Democratic Contenders Are Missing in the Race to Revive AntitrustThe Atlantic - John NewmanAt the end of the day, legal decisions are made by judges. Updated at 10:40 a.m. ET on April 5, 2019. Antitrust law has recently emerged as a critical issue among Democratic presidential contenders. Senator
Nipsey Hussle It Hurts to See Nipsey Hussle’s Life Not MatteringThe Atlantic - Jemele HillAfter a celebrated rapper is murdered, some admirers turn to wild theories, because the reality is too hard to face. I didn’t know Nipsey Hussle, but I knew Nipsey Hussle. Hussle’s murder in his Los Angeles
Scott Walker Warning From WisconsinThe Atlantic - Charles J. SykesA liberal expected to win a Supreme Court seat was upset by a conservative. What went wrong? A funny thing happened Tuesday to the Democrats’ momentum in Wisconsin: It sputtered out. Despite being heavily
