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Photos From the Third Nationwide ‘No Kings’ Protest

March 29, 2026

Police officers in riot gear arrest a protester dressed as Lady Liberty in chains.

How to Wake the Constitution’s Sleeping Giant

February 2026 Issue

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

Trump Has Odd Views on Domestic Terrorism

January 8, 2026

Color photograph of protesters gathered outside the U.S. Capitol Building.

January 6 Was My Fourth Day on the Hill

January 6, 2026

Trump Supporters Hold "Stop The Steal" Rally In DC Amid Ratification Of Presidential Election

Donald Trump Wants You to Forget This Happened

February 2026 Issue

photo of man in red, gray, black jacket and jeans standing over and pushing his thumbs into the eyes of a kneeling police officer in helmet and gear

YouTube Bends the Knee

October 1, 2025

A photo-illustration of a person's arm reaching from out of frame to hand cash to Donald Trump.

The Atlantic Daily

The Pardon-to-Prison Pipeline

David A. Graham

April 16, 2025

A Trump 2020 flag waves during the January 6 insurrection

Even Tom Cole Is Defending DOGE

March 19, 2025

Black-and-white photograph of Tom Cole, dressed in a suit, surrounded by reporters holding their phones up toward him.

The January 6er Who Left Trumpism

John Hendrickson

January 25, 2025

A white man wearing a white shirt stands in front of a yellow wall

There Is No Resistance

January 24, 2025

Photo of Donald Trump in the oval office signing the January 6 pardons

January 6ers Got Out of Prison—And Came to My Neighborhood

January 23, 2025

Photo-illustration of a family standing outside a red house with two flags reading “1/6”

Trump’s Pardons Are Sending a Crystal-Clear Message

January 21, 2025

An illustration of January 6 insurrectionists

Republican Leaders Once Thought January 6 Was ‘Tragic’

Annie Joy Williams and Gisela Salim-Peyer

January 20, 2025

A color photograph of Trump supporters storming the U.S. Capitol Building on January 6, 2021.

What Trump Did to Police Officers

January 20, 2025

Donald Trump raises his fist in the air, and rioters raise American flags.

A Sweeping January 6 Pardon Is an Attack on the Judiciary

January 16, 2025

A broken gavel on a red background

The Atlantic Daily

Trump’s Rule-Breaking Keeps Working

John Hendrickson

January 6, 2025

The Internet Is Worse Than a Brainwashing Machine

Charlie Warzel and Mike Caulfield

January 6, 2025

Photo collage of rioters on January 6

Time-Travel Thursdays

17 Atlantic Covers From Different Presidential Elections

October 31, 2024

An orange-tinted illustration of three issues of The Atlantic magazine side by side. From L to R: The October 1920 issue, the November 1992 issue, and the October 2012 issue

‘There’s People That Are Absolutely Ready to Take on a Civil War’

John Hendrickson

October 24, 2024

Photo of Donald Trump watching Tucker Carlson giving a speech

What Really Happened Inside the ‘Patriot Pod’

Lauren Ober and Hanna Rosin

October 16, 2024

a "J6" gold medal featuring a toy soldier and toy guns

What I Learned Serving on a January 6 Jury

Lauren Ober and Hanna Rosin

October 9, 2024

a toy man holding a 'where we go one we go all' flag.

January 6 Wasn’t a Riot. It Was War.

October 22, 2021

Protesters waving flags at the Capitol Building on January 6

Hardly Anyone Showed Up at the ‘Justice for J6’ Rally

September 18, 2021

Protestors at the right-wing rally in Washington, D.C., on September 18, 2021

An Ode to Not Meditating

April 2021 Issue

illustration: a needle not popping a smiling balloon

Don’t Erase What Happened at the Capitol

February 13, 2021

A broken window at the U.S. Capitol.

White Christian Nationalists Want More Than Just Political Power

Lauren R. Kerby

January 15, 2021

A Capitol rioter on January 6

What Those Animal Pelts Tell Us About the Future of the Far Right

January 12, 2021

man dressed in pelts stands in capitol while a man with confederate flag looks on

These Old Evils Require Old Remedies

January 11, 2021

A collage of historical politicians and scenes from the storming of the U.S. Capitol on January 6.

Everything Is Different Now

January 11, 2021

The Capitol and the Twin Towers memorial in a diptych

It Was Supposed to Be So Much Worse

January 9, 2021

A crowd of Trump supporters surround a newly erected set of wooden gallows outside the Capitol Building.

Listen: John Bresnahan Helps Us Understand What the Hell Just Happened

January 8, 2021

People shelter in the House gallery as protesters try to break into the House Chamber at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington.

‘Secure the Capitol’ Misses the Point

January 8, 2021

A police officer walks through the grounds of the U.S. Capitol on the night of January 6, hours after the insurrection.

The Sun Is Up. Impeach and Convict.

January 7, 2021

The U.S. Capitol surrounded by Trump supporters

Republicans Meet Their Monster

January 6, 2021

Trump supporters stand and wave flags on the steps of the U.S. Capitol building.

Scenes From an American Insurrection

The Atlantic Editors

January 6, 2021

Insurrectionists at the Capitol

The Atlantic Daily: The Siege of the U.S. Capitol

Caroline Mimbs Nyce

January 6, 2021