Heather Horn

Heather Horn is an associate editor at The Atlantic. She is a former features editor and staff writer for The Atlantic Wire, and was previously a research assistant at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

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The World Watches the Siege in Boston

The World Watches the Siege in Boston

Screenshots of front pages around the globe plastered with news of Watertown More »

Why Are There So Few Resurrected Corpses in the United States?

Why Are There So Few Resurrected Corpses in the United States?

Pat Robertson thinks it's because of the Ivy League. More »

The Secret World of 'Garbagemen'

The Secret World of 'Garbagemen'

An anthropologist joins the ranks of the underappreciated sanitation workers of New York City. The result? An eye-opening account of the mysterious and dangerous world of trash. More »

The Atlantic's 1863 Case for Why Jane Austen Is Great

The Atlantic's 1863 Case for Why Jane Austen Is Great

Reading rave reviews from our archives, for Pride and Prejudice's 200th anniversary More »

Prodigy Envy Isn't a New Thing: Atlantic Writers Were Doing It in 1914

Prodigy Envy Isn't a New Thing: Atlantic Writers Were Doing It in 1914

Young writers have always been angsty about the ever-waning time left to become a literary wunderkind. More »

Beautiful and Otherworldly Photos of Orthodox Epiphany

Beautiful and Otherworldly Photos of Orthodox Epiphany

Today on The Atlantic's World Calendar ... More »

The Bright History (and the Dark Side) of America's Super-Rich Philanthropists

The Bright History (and the Dark Side) of America's Super-Rich Philanthropists

How do you place wealth and equality next to one another and say, "These are the good things about American life and society"? More »

Horses, Frangipane Cakes, and a DSK Doll: The Feast of the Epiphany

Horses, Frangipane Cakes, and a DSK Doll: The Feast of the Epiphany

Photos of traditional Epiphany celebrations abroad More »

Boxing Day—in 1838 and Today

Boxing Day—in 1838 and Today

The day after Christmas has its own traditions, separate from the perusing of post-Christmas sales More »

The Queen Mother's Odd Letters

The Queen Mother's Odd Letters

With the royal pregnancy announced, a look back at the baby's lively great-great-grandmother. More »

A Day to Remember Chulalongkorn, King of Siam

A Day to Remember Chulalongkorn, King of Siam

Today on The Atlantic's World Calendar ... More »

Celebrating the Invention of the Necktie: It's Cravat Day in Croatia

Celebrating the Invention of the Necktie: It's Cravat Day in Croatia

Today on The Atlantic's World Calendar ... More »

Spy-Movie Villain Aesthetics: Today Is Indonesia's 'Armed Forces Day'

Spy-Movie Villain Aesthetics: Today Is Indonesia's 'Armed Forces Day'

In Hollywood, images of massive military parades and endless rows of uniforms almost universally mean the Soviet Union, not Indonesia. More »

It's Germany's 'Day of National Unity'

It's Germany's 'Day of National Unity'

Today on The Atlantic's World Calendar ... More »

What Turns a Soldier Into a Mass Murderer?

What Turns a Soldier Into a Mass Murderer?

As Germany investigates an 87-year-old man for atrocities at Auschwitz, a new book suggests that not just the SS but ordinary German servicemen were complicit in war crimes. More »

To Know a Tyrant: Inside Bashar al-Assad's Transformation From 'Reformer' to Killer

To Know a Tyrant: Inside Bashar al-Assad's Transformation From 'Reformer' to Killer

A historian with deep experience in Syria and with Assad himself discusses the dictator's trajectory since taking office in 2000. More »

Reading List: Charles Murray

Reading List: Charles Murray

The Atlantic is asking political observers of all stripes -- operatives, journalists, scholars -- what they're reading this campaign season. Here's one answer. More »

Gore Vidal's Forgotten Moral Core

Gore Vidal's Forgotten Moral Core

His love of the provocative masked a deep, warm humanity. More »

Women Having It All: The Debate So Far

Women Having It All: The Debate So Far

Who agrees, who disagrees, and why More »

The Misguided Plan to Fix Racist Soccer Cultures With More Soccer

The Misguided Plan to Fix Racist Soccer Cultures With More Soccer

Next week's big Euro 2012 games will be in Poland and Ukraine, notorious for violence and racism at their stadiums. More »

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