The ‘Anti-Defeat’ Candidate
90 minutes in a van with Dean Phillips
Politics
The Republicans Have No Majority
Speaker Mike Johnson averted a government shutdown by relying on the strategy that doomed his predecessor: a bailout from Democrats. How much longer will conservatives let him get away with it?
Why a Blue-Leaning Swing State Is Getting Redder
Joe Biden’s standing in Nevada probably isn’t as bad as polling suggests. But Democrats should still be worried.
Is Biden Toast?
Obama won reelection despite Biden-esque polling numbers, but the comparison goes only so far.
The Confederate General Whom All the Other Confederates Hated
James Longstreet became a champion of Reconstruction. Why?
How John F. Kennedy Fell for the Lost Cause
And the grandmother who wouldn’t let him get away with it
The Men Who Started the War
John Brown and the Secret Six—the abolitionists who funded the raid on Harpers Ferry—confronted a question as old as America: When is violence justified?
What The Atlantic Got Wrong About Reconstruction
In 1901, a series of articles took a dim view of the era, and of the idea that all Americans ought to participate in the democratic process.
How Black Americans Kept Reconstruction Alive
The federal government abandoned Reconstruction in 1877, but Black people didn’t give up on the moment’s promise.
Peter Thiel Is Taking a Break From Democracy
It’s one of his many, many disappointments.