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Frederick Wiseman Always Made His Point

February 22, 2026

In a black and white photo a man holds his head in his hands and smiles

Time-Travel Thursdays

A 168-Year-Old Question Still Worth Asking

February 12, 2026

Collage of images referencing the Civil War

James Van Der Beek’s Greatest Trick

February 12, 2026

Photo of James Van Der Beek

The Accidental Winners of the War on Higher Ed

January 29, 2026

A stained-glass window depicting the Amherst College seal

The Marathon Moby-Dick Reading Is a Radical Act

January 27, 2026

A reader takes the helm at the Moby-Dick Marathon reading, held at the New Bedford Whaling Museum.

What Having a Fake Disease Taught Me About Health Care

David H. Freedman

January 8, 2026

Illustration of many gloved hands performing medical procedures on an Operation board game

What I Lost When I Gave Up My Catholicism

Xochitl Gonzalez

December 24, 2025

Time-Travel Thursdays

Doomscrolling in the 1850s

November 13, 2025

illustration of the atlantic monthly first issue 1857

Whose Independence?

Annette Gordon-Reed

November 2025 Issue

collage-style illustration with an image of words from the Declaration of Independence turned sideways, striped across a painting of a Black hand on a robed lap, with manacle and thick metal chain

You Have No Idea How Hard It Is to Be a Reenactor

November 2025 Issue

a group of reenactors posed in a wooden rowboat on a lake

Why Concord?

Robert A. Gross and Robert M. Thorson

November 2025 Issue

photo of forest trees with green grass and pine needles and blue sky in background

How States Could Throw University Science a Lifeline

August 14, 2025

Illustration of empty green, blue, and purple chemistry flasks with cobwebs on them

The Secret of George Washington’s Revolutionary Success

August 3, 2025

An illustration of George Washington

The ‘Dirty and Nasty People’ Who Became Americans

Lindsay Chervinsky

July 4, 2025

An embroidered portrait of George Washington next to the faded blue silk flag that indicated his presence on the Revolutionary War battlefield.

Trump’s Un-American Parade

June 13, 2025

A portrait of George Washington on display during a parade

A Parade of Ignorance

June 12, 2025

A group of young adults watches a tank roll through the street

Trump Administration to Judges: ‘We Will Find You’

April 26, 2025

A gavel behind an X composed of red chains

A Knapsack’s Worth of Courage

March 31, 2025

Illustration with a photo of Fort Ticonderoga and a handwritten note

A ‘Slow Movie’ in the Best Possible Way

March 14, 2025

Baseball players stand in a field

Turtleboy Will Not Be Stopped

April 2025 Issue

Work In Progress

Blue States Gave Trump and Vance an Opening

Jerusalem Demsas

October 26, 2024

Black-and-white photo of a wooden house with the American flag painted on it

Why Humility Is the Key to Well-Being

Arthur C. Brooks

October 17, 2024

An illustration of a holiday sukkah.

The Pianist Upstairs

Erica Funkhouser

January 21, 2024

a drawing in black ink of a bird beneath a staircase, with music symbols above

Sadness and Triumph at a Massachusetts Boarding School

October 27, 2023

Dominic Sessa and Paul Giamatti in “The Holdovers”

I Oversaw the Massachusetts Air National Guard. I Cannot Fathom How This Happened.

Juliette Kayyem

April 13, 2023

A photo of a police barricade outside the suspected leaker's home

Charlie Baker and the Rise of One-Party Rule

March 27, 2022

Homeroom: Why Kids Need Summer-Reading Assignments

Abby Freireich and Brian Platzer

June 1, 2021

A kid roasts a marshmallow on a pile of burning books.

How Ed Markey Defeated Joe Kennedy

September 1, 2020