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magazine open to article on RFK Jr. — The Atlantic

I Remember a World Without Vaccines

Readers respond to our January 2026 cover story.

March 17, 2026

Color image of full 3-page-wide cover of the November 2025 Atlantic with oil-painted illustration of figures from the Revolutionary period and a banner reading "The Unfinished Revolution." — Joe McKendry

Seeing Ourselves in America’s Unfinished Revolution

Readers respond to our November 2025 issue.

February 17, 2026

The October 2025 Atlantic magazine open to Jill Lepore's article — The Atlantic

How to Wake the Constitution’s Sleeping Giant

Readers respond to our October 2025 cover story and more.

January 13, 2026

photo of the September 2025 magazine open to spread of Anne Applebaum's article on Sudan — The Atlantic

‘Sudan Is a Good Place to Wage Peace’

Readers respond to our September 2025 cover story and more.

December 9, 2025

photo of Atlantic magazine open to the article "Canada Is Killing Itself" — The Atlantic

Can a Person Decide to Die?

Readers respond to our September issue and more.

November 11, 2025

the cover of the August 2025 Atlantic with photo of nuclear explosion — The Atlantic

‘Society Neglects the Nuclear Threat at Its Peril’

Readers respond to our August 2025 issue and more.

September 16, 2025

The Atlantic print magazine open to the spread for Witness by Elizabeth Bruenig — The Atlantic

‘The Death Penalty Has No Place in This Country’

Readers respond to our July 2025 cover story and more.

August 12, 2025

A color photograph of the Atlantic June 2025 issue, open to the article spread "The Day the Music Died." — The Atlantic

Is Culture Really Dead?

Readers respond to our May and June issues.

July 15, 2025

photo-illustration of May 2025 Atlantic print magazine open to the story "Everything We Once Believed In" by David Brooks — The Atlantic

We Need to Reckon With Ronald Reagan’s Legacy

Readers respond to our May 2025 cover story and more.

June 17, 2025

An overhead photograph of the The Atlantic magazine opened to a spread of the March 2025 article by David Frum. — The Atlantic

The Power of a Good Suit

Readers respond to our March issue and more.

May 20, 2025