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The Atlantic
THE NIGHTMARE OF DESPOTISM
Hamilton feared the mob. Jefferson warned against unchecked elites. But both thought that the republic could fall.
10+ min |
November 2025
The Atlantic
THE 27TH GRIEVANCE
How Native nations shaped the Revolution
9 min |
November 2025
The Atlantic
LINCOLN'S REVOLUTION
How he used America's past to rescue its future
10 min |
November 2025
The Atlantic
DEAR SON
How the revolution tore apart the Franklin family
10+ min |
November 2025
The Atlantic
THE BLACK LOYALISTS
Thousands of African Americans fought for the British-then fled the United States to avoid a return to enslavement.
10+ min |
November 2025
The Atlantic
INTO THE BREECHES
Το hat it takes to be a Revolutionary War reenactor
10+ min |
November 2025
The Atlantic
THE RISING
The country needs a mass social movement— now—to save itself from autocracy.
10+ min |
November 2025
The Atlantic
AMERICA Needs PATRIOTISM
The experiment only works if people believe in it.
10+ min |
November 2025
The Atlantic
JUST HOW REAL SHOULD COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG BE?
Telling the full story of the town's past is an easy way to make a lot of people mad.
10+ min |
November 2025
The Atlantic
NO ONE GAVE A SPEECH LIKE PATRICK HENRY
How he roused a nation to war
10+ min |
November 2025
The Atlantic
How Do You Film the Revolution?
What we learned making a documentary about a war so distant in time
10+ min |
November 2025
The Atlantic
WHY CONCORD?
The geological origins of the American Revolution
10+ min |
November 2025
The Atlantic
WHAT THE FOUNDERS WOULD SAY NO W
They might be surprised that the republic exists at all.
10+ min |
November 2025
The Atlantic
THE AMERICAN EXPERIMENT
\"A magazine, when properly conducted, is the nursery of genius; and by constantly accumulating new matter, becomes a kind of market for wit and utility.\"
4 min |
November 2025
The Atlantic
SECRETS OF A RADICAL DUKE
How a lost copy of the Declaration unlocked a historical mystery
10+ min |
November 2025
The Atlantic
THE MYTH OF MAD KING GEORGE
He was denounced by rebel propagandists as a tyrant and remembered by Americans as a reactionary dolt. Who was he really?
10+ min |
November 2025
The Atlantic
Songs of Herself
How did Taylor Swift convince the world that she's relatable?
10+ min |
October 2025
The Atlantic
Culture Critics
On July 5, a couple of days after I saw Spinal Tap II: The End Continues, Black Sabbath played its final show, at Villa Park, in Birmingham, England.
5 min |
October 2025
The Atlantic
THE NEIGHBOR FROM HELL
Israel and the United States delivered a blow to Iran. But it could come back stronger.
10+ min |
October 2025
The Atlantic
Whither the Dictionary?
These are parlous times for lexicographers.
8 min |
October 2025
The Atlantic
THE GREATEST FIGHT OF ALL TIME
It was oven-hot inside the arena, and that was before the fight began.
10+ min |
October 2025
The Atlantic
John Cheever's Secrets
In a new memoir, Susan Cheever searches for the wellspring of her father's genius.
10 min |
October 2025
The Atlantic
The Ghost of Lady Murasaki
A thousand years ago, she wrote The Tale of Genji, a story of sex and intrigue in Japan's imperial court. I went to Kyoto to find her.
10+ min |
October 2025
The Atlantic
The Invention of Judd Apatow
How a kid from Long Island willed his way to the top of American comedy
10+ min |
October 2025
The Atlantic
How Originalism Killed the Constitution
A radical legal philosophy has undermined the process of constitutional evolution.
10+ min |
October 2025
The Atlantic
YOU DESERVED BETTER
A letter to America's discarded public servants
8 min |
October 2025
The Atlantic
Eighty Years on the Edge
Thank you for your series of articles on nuclear warfare.
4 min |
October 2025
The Atlantic
CANADA IS KILLING ITSELF
THE COUNTRY GAVE ITS CITIZENS THE RIGHT TO DIE...DOCTORS ARE STRUGGLING TO KEEP UP WITH DEMAND.
10+ min |
September 2025
The Atlantic
WHY MARRIAGE SURVIVES
The institution has adapted, and is showing new signs of resilience.
9 min |
September 2025
The Atlantic
The Forgotten Still-Life Prodigy
The 17th-century painter Rachel Ruysch was once more famous than Vermeer.
9 min |