Jeffrey Goldberg

The American experiment

A conversation with the Dropkick Murphys front man about punk, politics, and Donald Trump

With essays by Jeffrey Goldberg, Tom Nichols, Ross Andersen, Noah Hawley, and Andrew Aoyama

The contours of World War III are visible in numerous conflicts. The president of the United States is not ready.

Seldom has any action backfired so spectacularly as Hamas’s October 7 attack.

On capital punishment, and The Atlantic’s July 2025 cover story

Kirsten Hillman talks Trump, trade, and the fraught future of the U.S.-Canada relationship.

A conversation with the president about executive power, Signalgate, and 24-karat gold

Denial and attack have worked exceedingly well for the president. But there are limits.

The administration has downplayed the importance of the text messages inadvertently sent to The Atlantic’s editor in chief.

U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.

The Republican nominee’s preoccupation with dictators, and his disdain for the American military, is deepening.

His new play, "McNeal," subverts the idea that artificial intelligence threatens human ingenuity.

We must treat him like any other candidate for high office who is emotionally and mentally unstable.

Returning the planet to some sort of climate equilibrium is a universal interest.

And Joe Biden should welcome him.

Republicans like Rob Portman could have ended Donald Trump’s political career. They chose not to.

Readers respond to our November 2023 cover story and more.

America survived the first Trump term, though not without sustaining serious damage. A second term, if there is one, will be much worse.

<em>The Atlantic</em> revisits Reconstruction.