Ronald Reagan

April 6, 2026

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Global

Iran Is Trying to Defeat America in the Living Room

Karim Sadjadpour

March 23, 2026

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Global

Trump Has Lost the Plot in Iran

Karim Sadjadpour

March 4, 2026

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Ideas

Trump Opens the Pandora’s Box of Assassination

Tim Naftali

March 3, 2026

Politics

The Republican Party Has a Nazi Problem

Tom Nichols

April 2026 Issue

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Ideas

How the Bernie Goetz Shootings Explain the Trump Era

Heather Ann Thompson

January 26, 2026

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Letters

How to Wake the Constitution’s Sleeping Giant

February 2026 Issue

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Ideas

Trump’s Folly

Peter Wehner

January 9, 2026

Politics

John Roberts’s Dream Is Finally Coming True

David Daley

December 10, 2025

The Atlantic Daily

Why a Reagan Ad Provoked Trump

Jake Lundberg

October 31, 2025

Politics

Trump Teaches Canada What It Means to be a U.S. Ally Now

David Frum

October 28, 2025

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Podcasts

When Conservatism Meant Freedom

David Frum

October 15, 2025

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Ideas

How Originalism Killed the Constitution

Jill Lepore

October 2025 Issue

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National Security

Pete Hegseth Doesn’t Want to Talk About Golden Dome

Tom Nichols

August 8, 2025

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The Atlantic Daily

Americans Are Starting to Sour on Tax Cuts

David A. Graham

July 29, 2025

Culture

June 1, 2025

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Economy

How America Lost Control of the Seas

Arnav Rao

May 28, 2025

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Ideas

The Top Goal of Project 2025 Is Still to Come

David A. Graham

April 1, 2025

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Time-Travel Thursdays

The Education of Elon Musk

David A. Graham

March 20, 2025

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Ideas

America’s Cultural Revolution

Stephen Marche

March 3, 2025

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Politics

The Party of Reagan Is Selling Out Ukraine

Jonathan Lemire

February 19, 2025

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Ideas

The Government Waste DOGE Should Be Cutting

Stephen Macekura

February 12, 2025

Global

The Truth About Trump’s Iron Dome for America

Yair Rosenberg

February 3, 2025

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Global

How the U.S. Gamed the Law of the Sea

Jack Truesdale

January 25, 2025

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Politics

Emperor Trump’s New Map

Franklin Foer

January 23, 2025

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Politics

Why ‘Late Regime’ Presidencies Fail

Ronald Brownstein

January 9, 2025

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Politics

The Potential Backlash to Trump Unbound

Ronald Brownstein

December 20, 2024

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Culture

The Thin Line Between Biopic and Propaganda

Zach Schonfeld

November 18, 2024

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Politics

What Swayed Trump Voters Was Bidenomics

Ronald Brownstein

November 7, 2024

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Politics

No One Has an Alibi

David Frum

November 3, 2024

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Time-Travel Thursdays

17 Atlantic Covers From Different Presidential Elections

Shan Wang

October 31, 2024

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Ideas

How to Prevent the Worst From Happening

Peter Wehner

October 29, 2024

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Ideas

This Election Is Different

Peter Wehner

October 15, 2024

Books

The Journalist Who Cried Treason

Gal Beckerman

October 2, 2024

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Sections

The Print Edition

This Is Not How Presidents Typically Communicate

Iran Is Trying to Defeat America in the Living Room

Trump Has Lost the Plot in Iran

Trump Opens the Pandora’s Box of Assassination

The Republican Party Has a Nazi Problem

How the Bernie Goetz Shootings Explain the Trump Era

How to Wake the Constitution’s Sleeping Giant

Trump’s Folly

John Roberts’s Dream Is Finally Coming True

Why a Reagan Ad Provoked Trump

Trump Teaches Canada What It Means to be a U.S. Ally Now

When Conservatism Meant Freedom

How Originalism Killed the Constitution

Pete Hegseth Doesn’t Want to Talk About Golden Dome

Americans Are Starting to Sour on Tax Cuts

Damn You All to Hell!

We Need to Reckon With Ronald Reagan’s Legacy

What Made William F. Buckley So Unusual

How America Lost Control of the Seas

The Top Goal of Project 2025 Is Still to Come

The Education of Elon Musk

America’s Cultural Revolution

The Party of Reagan Is Selling Out Ukraine

The Government Waste DOGE Should Be Cutting

The Truth About Trump’s Iron Dome for America

How the U.S. Gamed the Law of the Sea

Emperor Trump’s New Map

Why ‘Late Regime’ Presidencies Fail

The Potential Backlash to Trump Unbound

The Thin Line Between Biopic and Propaganda

What Swayed Trump Voters Was Bidenomics

No One Has an Alibi

17 Atlantic Covers From Different Presidential Elections

How to Prevent the Worst From Happening

This Election Is Different

The Journalist Who Cried Treason