The Atlantic

The authors of Muskism break down the beliefs, business strategy, and political influence behind the world’s richest man.

The conventional telling of America’s origin story leaves out perhaps its greatest heroes.

Many literary classics have a way of appealing to our lizard brains while making us question why we're so compelled by them.

The expansiveness of the concept helps explain its endurance.

Jamir Nazir, the controversial winner of the Commonwealth award, tells his side of the story.

Does patriotism still sell in 2026?

An unfinished ode from 1876 offers a lesson for America’s 250th.

A scorching heat wave in Europe, a bonfire celebration in Argentina, a Pride parade in Seattle, semiquincentennial celebrations across America, and much more

Why such a slim Supreme Court majority upheld birthright citizenship

Bernardo de Gálvez helped win the Revolution. Can he win over 21st-century America?

On the joys of watching Les Bleus at the World Cup

Trump’s Independence Day blowout will bring a security blitz.

A White House–affiliated group wrested control of the trademark.

My parents’ rescue at Entebbe taught me that freedom survives only because people choose to defend it.

Military experience is, sooner or later, humbling.

Stephen Foster wrote some of the most enduring American songs, invented the role of songwriter, and served as a cautionary tale for his successors.

The legal arguments are clear. Now proponents need to start defending the practice on policy grounds.

What the wild success of Regime Change, after a long slump in newsy nonfiction, might say about the state of the presidency.

Apple is charging you an AI tax.

A film critic’s new book attacks the medium for diminishing culture. Rarely has David Thomson been more wrong.