David A. Graham is a staff writer at The Atlantic and an author of the Atlantic Daily newsletter. He is the author of The ...

Susan Tallman, a contributing writer at The Atlantic, is an art historian and the author, most recently, of Kerry James Marshall: The Complete Prints: 1976–2022.

Yes, the U.S. has the larger consumer economy. No, that won’t be enough to avoid major (and majorly self-inflicted) pain.

Decades into their recovery program, black-footed ferrets still don’t have a clear-cut path to leaving the endangered-species list. Several mRNA vaccine trials found a debilitating side effect, and ...

If a savage beating, captured on camera, cannot produce a murder conviction, the chances of fixing the police-brutality problem are very bleak.

America was the world’s economic anchor. Thanks to the president, it may never have that role again.