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Taxing endowments is likely to weaken elite institutions, not fix them. That’s the point, Rose Horowitch writes. theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

In an era of intense constitutional combat, Congress is nowhere to be found, Yuval Levin writes. "But surrendering its honor, and its power and ambition, is precisely what Congress has been doing for two decades." theatlantic.com/politics/archi…

Friedrich Merz has been elected Germany’s chancellor. “Merz, with his stodgy, center-right credentials and postwar pedigree, may be just the leader to get Germans and Europeans to spend big for their emancipation from the United States,” Joseph de Weck writes.

“A tariff-induced recession is here and not here, visible and invisible,” writes Annie Lowrey. “We should be preparing, even if we are not sure what we are preparing for”: theatln.tc/TIC4RfGh theatlantic.com/economy/archiv…

Keith McNally’s new memoir is full of revelations, but one stands out, writes Serena Dai—his portrait of the restaurateur as an artist: theatlantic.com/books/archive/…

"I've been married to the best guy for almost 14 years," a reader writes to James Parker. But she lately feels a "new inability to maintain attention" to him, and wonders: "Am I horrible?" Read Parker's thoughts in this week's "Dear James": theatlantic.com/culture/archiv…

News outlets publish countless lists of who might emerge as pope from a conclave, Francis X. Rocca writes. "It will matter more than you might think: The media have never had so much influence on a conclave": theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

Last night’s “Saturday Night Live,” hosted by Quinta Brunson, envisioned the perfect fashion brand for anxious Millennial women: “Forever 31.” Read Esther Zuckerman: theatln.tc/NCylioCJ

Trump plans to attend a showing of “Les Misérables” at the Kennedy Center in June, report Ashley Parker and Michael Scherer. He “is raising money for the center, which,” like many of Washington, D.C.’s, institutions, “he hopes to remake in his image”: theatlantic.com/politics/archi…

Spice Girls slogans and reality-TV aesthetics: Sophie Gilbert speaks with Jerusalem Demsas about her new book, "Girl on Girl," and how feminism morphed into clickable objectification. theatlantic.com/podcasts/archi…

If the Trump administration wants Americans to have more babies, it’s going to have to start defining “family” a lot differently, Faith Hill writes: theatlantic.com/family/archive…

Here’s how to make sense of congressional Republicans’ “One Big Beautiful Bill,” David A. Graham writes in The Atlantic Daily. theatlantic.com/newsletters/ar…

The Trump administration’s new vaccine research initiative will directly benefit the NIH’s new principal deputy director, @katherinejwu reports: theatlantic.com/health/archive…

“For anyone who has wondered what an ‘America First’ foreign policy looks like,” Trump’s deal with the Houthis, a Yemeni militia, is a vivid example, writes robert worth. “The United States has extracted itself from the conflict, but not ended it”: theatlantic.com/international/…

“The administration is no longer pretending that it is standing up for Jewish students,” Rose Horowitch writes. “The project has been revealed for what it is: an effort to punish liberal institutions for the crime of being liberal.” theatlantic.com/politics/archi…

Last year, Spencer Kornhaber visited the music historian Ted Gioia to talk about civilization’s death. “Music is turning into a rights-management business,” he told Kornhaber—and it’s destroying true artistry. Has America’s creative energy really been sapped? theatlantic.com/magazine/archi…

Amanda Hess’s new book examines a surplus of experts and gadgets that promise to perfect the experience of raising children. Hillary Kelly on why parenthood can not be optimized: theatlantic.com/books/archive/…

Meta’s abandonment of traditional fact-checking may be cynical, but misinformation is also an intractable problem, Kaitlyn Tiffany writes. Can Community Notes possibly fix it? theatlantic.com/technology/arc…

Building a meaningful life is hard for young people to do right now, @isabelfattal writes. In the Wonder Reader, she explores stories on happiness and connection: theatln.tc/N7KdawYA

The World Health Organization tried to officially designate “old age” as a disease. Dr. Kiran Rabheru talks with Yasmin Tayag about how he fought the WHO and the impact of such designations. theatlantic.com/podcasts/archi…