What’s a Scandal When Everything Is Outrageous
Trump’s ballroom blitz is blatantly corrupt. The fact that no one seems to care shows just how low the standards of behavior have fallen in Washington.
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Illustration by Matteo Giuseppe Pani / The Atlantic. Source: Hiroko Masuike / The New York Times / Bloomberg / Getty. Mamdani Has a Point About Rent Control
In an interview, the candidate argued that the policy is essential to get voters on board with pro-housing reforms.
Jon Lovette / Getty When Helicopter Parents Touch Down—At College
Hovering moms and dads are following their kids all the way to campus.
Illustration by Akshita Chandra / The Atlantic The Lonely New Vices of American Life
Booze is down and weed is up, and that’s doing something to us as a country.
Photo-illustration by Ben Denzer. Source: Cool Owl Maps. ‘California Is Allowed to Hit Back’
Democrats are ready to match the GOP’s gerrymandering ruthlessness. Will voters go along?
Illustration by Matteo Giuseppe Pani / The Atlantic The Slow Death of Special Education
The government has abandoned its commitment to an equitable education for all children—if it ever had one.
Caro Scarimbolo / NBC The High-Stakes SNL Sketch About … Domestic Chores
The show pitched the next big true-crime hit: what happens when men are left to fend for themselves.
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Illustration by Anna Ruch / The Atlantic. Sources: Hulton Archive / Print Collector / Bettmann / Getty. The Stubborn Myth of the Literary Genius
What two new books on the English Renaissance reveal about the appeal of speculative history
The World Dick Cheney Built
The vice president had spent most of his career trying to lift the restraints on presidential authority. After 9/11, he did just that. (From 2020)
Joseph Sohm / Shutterstock / The Atlantic The Fairy-Tale Promises of Montessori Parenting
No matter how hard you work to organize a playroom, you can’t eliminate chaos or uncertainty from the task of raising kids. (From 2024)
Illustration by Katie Martin Life on Mars
Space scientists won’t say so, but the results of three brilliantly conceived experiments lead inevitably to one startling conclusion: Life, in some form, exists on Mars. (From 1977)
Associated Press The Last Three Days of Mussolini
“Il Duce slumped, first falling to his knees, then leaning sideways against the wall.” (From 1945)
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Paul Morigi / Getty the david frum show•Episode 30Would U.S. Generals Obey Illegal Trump Orders?
Tom Nichols on Trump, the military, and what happens when loyalty replaces law. Plus: the Trump administration’s “politicized stupidity” and a discussion of Eugène Ionesco’s play Rhinoceros.
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