Ideas
Arguments. Essays. Inquiries.
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ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP / Getty Can Anything Be Done to Rein In the President’s Speech?
Trump’s words are dangerous, and society must find ways big and small to push back.
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Caroline Brehman / CQ-Roll Call, Inc / Getty Colleges Are Deeply Unequal Workplaces
As universities plan to reopen, they continue to overlook the concerns of campus staff.
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The Atlantic The Problem With the ‘Judeo-Christian Tradition’
The concept was always an unstable foundation on which to build a common American identity.
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Courtesy of David Carballo / The Atlantic ‘Archaeology Can Cover the Totality of the Human Story’
A conversation with David Carballo about the fall of the Aztec empire
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Aaron Bernstein / Reuters Where the System May Break
A war-game exercise simulating the 2020 election unmasked some key vulnerabilities.
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What Happens to Small Companies Now?
Earlier this week I mentioned the surprisingly important role that craft brewing had played in downtown renewal across the country…
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Adam Maida Beware of Facts Man
Facts Man is less about truth than raising questions. Why can’t Facts Man talk about certain issues in exactly the way he wants to?
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Shutterstock / The Atlantic When a Vaccine Arrives, People Will Ignore the Anti-Vaxxers
Even if some Americans opt out, the country will still reach herd immunity against COVID-19.
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George Rose / Getty How Our Indian Country Flattened the Curve
This is my first pandemic, but not my tribe’s.
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T. J. Kirkpatrick / Redux The Tragedy of Herman Cain
The entrepreneur turned politician embodied some of America’s best traits—and some of its worst.
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Jim Watson / AFP / Getty Trump Can’t Postpone the Election—But He’s Trying to Destroy Its Legitimacy
The president today suggested postponing the November balloting, a move he lacks the legal authority to carry out.
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Kevin Frayer / Getty China Has Squandered Its First Great Opportunity
The world has experienced a six-month geopolitical vacuum, and China has filled it poorly.
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Mel D. Cole The Myth of the Silent Majority
Americans have learned the wrong lessons about the political consequences of protest.
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Win McNamee / Getty Trump’s Attempt at an Un-Trumpian Image
Desperate times call for desperate measures.
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Shutterstock / The Atlantic The Tech Giants Are Dangerous, and Congress Knows It
The biggest platforms are a new kind of monopoly. At last, lawmakers have figured out why that’s a problem.
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Ray Howard / AP Purity Politics Makes Nothing Happen
Forging a right-left coalition may be the only way to end the drug war.
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Smith Collection / Getty / The Atlantic Poverty Is a Choice
Extreme poverty has declined, but the line is very low.
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The Atlantic Go Memorize a Poem
In times of crisis, learning and reciting poetry can act as a balm.
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Getty / The Atlantic America’s Monopoly Problem Goes Way Beyond the Tech Giants
Congress grills Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google, but many other industries also deserve antitrust scrutiny.
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White Christian America Needs a Moral Awakening
By confronting their faith’s legacy of racism, white Christians can build a better future for themselves, and their fellow Americans.
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