Elizabeth Bruenig

There is a contradiction deep within American capital punishment, driven by the stubborn fact of the Eighth Amendment: It’s licit for the government to kill people—the torture of all tortures—but not to subject them to additional pain, a protection from […]

Elon Musk has allegedly fathered his 13th child with a fourth woman, the conservative influencer Ashley St. Clair. Judging by St. Clair’s public remarks on Musk’s platform, X, theirs was not necessarily a love connection: In asking that Musk acknowledge

The president has commuted the sentences of 37 men on federal death row to life without parole, a historic move. Roberto Schmidt / AFP / Getty December 23, 2024, 6:13 PM ET This morning, the White House announced that President

Produced by ElevenLabs and News Over Audio (Noa) using AI narration. Listen to more stories on the Noa app. Earlier this month, nearly 1,500 Americans found themselves the recipients of very good news: President Joe Biden had granted them executive

Trump’s electoral victory has prompted many liberal women to move away from men, in politics and in life. Doing so is a gift to the right. Illustration by Flo Meissner December 12, 2024, 12:53 PM ET Produced by ElevenLabs and

If pardoning Hunter Biden was politically improper or reputationally risky, it was also done in accordance with the higher and fiercer laws of familial love. Illustration by Allison Zaucha / The Atlantic. Sources: Saul Loeb / AFP / Getty; Bettmann

Well wishes should be addressed in the broadest possible term. Tom Huber / Connected Archives December 2, 2024, 6:30 AM ET Toward the end of his second campaign for president, Donald Trump promised a weary nation one thing: “Merry Christmas”

This article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter. Sign up for it here. In the decade since Donald Trump began to define American politics, critics have struggled to understand his massive appeal. They have perhaps sensed