The Atlantic Ideas

A wide range of last-minute schemes could seed the idea among Trump’s supporters that the election results can’t be trusted.

Republicans are resorting to a troubling closing argument.

In trying to stand up for one minority religious group, she is conveying her comfort with bigotry toward another.

Trump has lost most of the country. Now his hold on his own base is weakening.

Four decades ago, I escaped Communist Czechoslovakia for America. Now my adopted homeland reminds me of the one that I fled.

A pump-up girl faces her own mortality.

The Trump administration tries to micromanage the domestic politics of American allies.

Every investment is a trade-off.

As an editor I can say that we are being flooded with AI-assisted work.

Corporate consolidation and changing tastes have made kids’ holiday hauls boring.

If the AI bubble bursts, Donald Trump will control a bailout apparatus with essentially limitless authority.

The voting results are mostly in, and they are less conclusive than everyone hoped or than either side is willing to admit.

A big night for the Democrats could stymie any efforts to interfere with the election.

What Elizabeth Holmes has in common with Donald Trump

Every Republican wants to paint Obama as an out-of-touch elitist—except one.

What would a Christian political agenda look like if it were measured by the lives that could be saved, sheltered, and healed?

But please don’t blame the Jews.

Can this classics test replace the SAT?

Today Israelis will vote, many trembling for the future of their country, no matter which candidate they prefer.

Hunger. Sickness. Blackouts. Abandoned streets. The withering of the state is shocking to behold.