Ideas

Photograph by Rythum Vinoben for The Atlantic. Document courtesy of the John Carter Brown Library.

The American Experiment

At 250, the Revolution’s goals remain noble and indispensable.

Illustration by Lola Dupre. Source: Piemags / Alamy.

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?

Illustration by Matteo Giuseppe Pani / The Atlantic*

A WNBA Star Goes Scorched-Earth

With the league more popular than ever, players know their worth—and they aren’t afraid to let leadership know it.