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The Atlantic
The First 18 Months
A Cabinet meeting with my son, who is exactly as old as the current administration
2 min |
July 2026
The Atlantic
What Dogs See
To understand a painting, look for the canine.
10 min |
July 2026
The Atlantic
Boy George
Finally, an action movie about Washington’s French and Indian War years.
5 min |
July 2026
The Atlantic
Disneyland With No People
When I was 17, I worked at Fantasyland’s magic shop as a magician demonstrating Svengali decks, cups and balls, and the Incredible (their word) Shrinking Die.
4 min |
July 2026
The Atlantic
THE REBELLIOUS ORIGINS OF AMERICAN SPORTS
FROM THE BEGINNING, PATRIOTISM AND PLAY HAVE BEEN INEXTRICABLY LINKED.
10+ min |
July 2026
The Atlantic
Queen of the Skies
The Boeing 747, the world’s first jumbo jet, has started its final descent.
10+ min |
July 2026
The Atlantic
HOW TO TELL THE AMERICAN STORY
Finding a common history that’s both unsparing and unifying has proved all but impossible in recent years. It shouldn’t be.
10+ min |
July 2026
The Atlantic
Nathaniel Hawthorne’s American Horror Story
The author wrote a tale that challenged the nation’s founding myths. Then it disappeared.
10+ min |
July 2026
The Atlantic
The Surprising, Liberating History of Marriage
To find a future for the institution, Stephanie Coontz turns to its wildly varying past.
10+ min |
July 2026
The Atlantic
USE IT OR LOSE IT
Freedom of speech, and of the press, can be guaranteed only if Americans exercise their rights.
8 min |
July 2026
The Atlantic
CHEAP THRILLS
The whimsy, weirdness, and heartbreak of secondhand shopping
10+ min |
July 2026
The Atlantic
AMERICA’S PROMISE
It is quite interesting, and somewhat chastening, to realize that the most important piece of journalism published across the 169-year history of this magazine was not journalism at all, but a poem, and that it was published so early in the life of The Atlantic.
2 min |
July 2026
The Atlantic
How America Celebrated Its 100th Birthday
The Centennial Exhibition of 1876 promised a glorious industrial future. Outside its gates, the country seethed with violence and corruption.
10+ min |
June 2026
The Atlantic
THE CLOWN SHOW
The Savannah Bananas are reviving one of the most entertaining—and controversial—teams in Negro Leagues history.
10+ min |
June 2026
The Atlantic
The Diva
Denyce Graves is retiring from performing after a career as one of opera's leading women. But there's more work for her to do.
10 min |
June 2026
The Atlantic
Cat Heir
Did Karl Lagerfeld really leave millions to Choupette?
10+ min |
June 2026
The Atlantic
The Secret of Elizabeth Strout's Appeal
How she writes best sellers that are also critical darlings
10 min |
June 2026
The Atlantic
THE VENTURE-CAPITAL POPULIST
How David Sacks and the new tech right went full MAGA and captured Washington
10+ min |
June 2026
The Atlantic
Glory Days
Heartland rock was shot through with nostalgia— but nostalgia for what?
9 min |
June 2026
The Atlantic
Alien Nation
Why Americans want to believe that the government is hiding the truth about extraterrestrial life
10+ min |
June 2026
The Atlantic
Dinah's Hat
On the day Dinah lost her hat, I was sitting on the top step of my just-right Scamp trailer doing a crossword.
10+ min |
June 2026
The Atlantic
THE AMERICA I'VE KNOWN
In my 93rd year, it's become ever more clear that patriotism requires sacrifice and collective effort.
7 min |
June 2026
The Atlantic
THE MEN WHO DON'T WANT WOMEN TO VOTE
OR WORK. OR HAVE OPINIONS.
10+ min |
June 2026
The Atlantic
A Land of Artists
Few people have taught us to see America quite like Lee Friedlander.
2 min |
June 2026
The Atlantic
HOW TO WIN ON JEOPARDY
You don't need to learn everything. You need to learn one thing about everything.
8 min |
June 2026
The Atlantic
The Eighth Deadly Sin
Humankind has devised a new form of debasement.
5 min |
May 2026
The Atlantic
The Art of the (New) Deal
What the murals of the Wilbur J. Cohen Federal Building can teach us about patriotism, propaganda, and beauty
10+ min |
May 2026
The Atlantic
New Chairs
Collaboration, for Robert Rauschenberg and Merce Cunningham, began with the arrangement of chairs.
1 min |
May 2026
The Atlantic
HISTORY IS RUNNING BACKWARDS
Why reactionaries are taking over the world
10+ min |
May 2026
The Atlantic
SOMEDAY IN TEHRAN
Like Donald Trump, I, too, once underestimated the Islamic Republic of Iran.
10+ min |