David Brooks is a staff writer at The Atlantic and the author of How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen.

Walk into any American airport today, and you might end up in a security line that extends past the baggage claim. You might hear a muffled voice announcing over the intercom that your flight has—once ...

Ever since the Supreme Court recognized birthright citizenship in 1898, generations of Americans have accepted that the ...

Stories about revolutionaries seem to entrance readers and moviegoers alike—especially if they don’t end well.

Washington’s conduct in the Iran war is accelerating global chaos and deepening America’s dangerous isolation.

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America’s rivalry with Cuba was once a bitter battle of ideas. When a 20-something Fidel Castro electrified his supporters ...

Maybe you have lice and he has lice, and you’ve all had lice for weeks. The possibility is frightening. The uncertainty leads ...

Panelists on Washington Week With The Atlantic joined to discuss growing opposition to President Trump’s attacks on Iran and ...

The FDA has linked an E. Coli outbreak to contaminated cheese. The company that makes it refuses to agree to a recall.