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The Atlantic Announces Sarah A. Topol and Jenisha Watts as Staff Writers

March 5, 2026

Sarah Topol and Jenisha Watts

The Impossible Predicament of the Uninsured

April 2026 Issue

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The Last Days of the Southern Drawl

Annie Joy Williams

January 4, 2026

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The Red State Where Republicans Aren’t Afraid of Trump

June 28, 2025

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‘I Have Never Seen Anything Like This’

May 21, 2025

Debris floats in a pool near a severely storm-damaged house.

This Tornado Mayhem Is a Warning

Juliette Kayyem

May 19, 2025

A woman sits on the wreckage of her home

Time-Travel Thursdays

Who Counts as a Hillbilly—And Who Gets to Decide?

February 27, 2025

J. D. Vance smiles as he walks

A Trump Cabinet Pick Gets a Rare GOP Grilling

February 19, 2025

Photo of former Representative Lori Chavez-DeRemer speaking into a microphone

Musk Makes a Mess of Congress

December 19, 2024

Elon Musk standing in front of an American flag

My Friend Was in the Valley

Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle

October 1, 2024

Two people stand in floodwater before wreckage in western North Carolina

The Atlantic’s 2024 National Magazine Award Winners and Finalists

April 3, 2024

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Why Deep-Red Kentucky Reelected Its Democratic Governor

November 7, 2023

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The Atlantic’s October Cover Story: Senior Editor Jenisha Watts Writes About Her Escape From a Harrowing Childhood

September 13, 2023

The Atlantic's October 2023 Cover

‘I Am a Writer Because of bell hooks’

Crystal Wilkinson

December 24, 2021

bell hooks sitting on a couch and smiling softly

Some Americans No Longer Believe in the Common Good

August 22, 2021

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A Warning From a Democrat in a Red State

January 3, 2021

A demonstration in Berea, Kentucky

Eastern Kentucky Has Been Underwater, but You Probably Didn’t Notice

February 23, 2020

A Real Solution for Airport Security

Conor Friedersdorf

February 14, 2020

The Kentucky Governor’s Race Is a Warning to Republicans

November 6, 2019

Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin with Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Lexington, Kentucky

The Kentucky Derby Decision Might Avert Disaster

May 6, 2019

Chris Landeros aboard Bodexpress (left) races Luis Saez aboard Maximum Security (right) during the 145th running of the Kentucky Derby