Politics

Travels With Condi

David Samuels, author of "Grand Illusions," discusses his travels with Condoleezza Rice and her ambitious efforts to secure peace in the Middle East

The Shots Heard 'Round the World

Inside the Bush administration’s steroids scandal

A Separate Peace

The way to end culture wars is to slug them out state by state.

They Won’t Know What Hit Them

The software mogul Tim Gill has a mission: Stop the Rick Santorums of tomorrow before they get started. How a network of gay political donors is stealthily fighting sexual discrimination and reshaping American politics

The Message in the Budget

The alternative minimum tax is a nuisance, but the Bush administration is relying on it to balance the budget.

Presidential Lies

Carl M. Cannon, the author of "Untruth and Consequences," talks about the lies our presidents tell us—and the ones they tell themselves.

Roberts's Rules

Chief Justice John Roberts says that if the Supreme Court is to maintain legitimacy, its justices must start acting more like colleagues and less like prima donnas.

Surprise Party

Dismayed by the system they helped to create, some veteran political strategists are out to create a better choice in 2008.

Untruth and Consequences

From Washington to FDR to Nixon, presidents have always lied. Here’s what makes George W. Bush different.

The Rancor Dividend

The new Democratic Congress just might help the White House mend the country’s broken fiscal policy.

Closing the God Gap

How a pair of Democratic strategists are helping candidates talk about their faith

Will Moderation Win in 2008?

The Atlantic recently asked a group of political insiders—selected for their campaign experience, political knowledge, and ties to key voting blocs—about the strength of the religious right and the antiwar left.

Take Two: Hillary's Choice

How Hillary Clinton turned herself into the consummate Washington player

Do Polls Still Work?

The last two elections have left pollsters somewhat bloodied but unbowed

Running for Their Lives

Neglected children, hellish commutes, shrill coworkers, and first pitches at Little League games— why it’s no picnic to be a moderate in the House of Representatives

The Fight to Lose Congress

Some political strategists are hoping for defeat in November

All the Presidents’ Doodles

A history in sketches

The Reverend

Rudolph Giuliani learns to speak “evangelese”—and tests the waters for a presidential bid

GOP R.I.P.?

Catastrophe Management

Michael Chertoff tells Atlantic contributor Stuart Taylor Jr. what it’s like to run the Department of Homeland Security. An edited transcript. (For the full transcript, click here)

Purple Mountains

Could the interior West—long seen as an archetypal red region—be turning blue? The fate of the Republican Party may hinge on the answer

Ford’s Theater

Can Harold Ford become the first black senator from the old Confederacy since Reconstruction?

Of Clerks and Perks

Why Supreme Court justices have more free time than ever—and why it should be taken away

The Day After Roe

If the Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, it will set off tectonic shifts in the American political landscape not seen since the civil-rights movement—or perhaps even the Civil War

After Roe

Jeffrey Rosen, the author of the June cover story, on what Roe v. Wade has done to the country, and what might happen without it

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Miami: The Next Big Start-Up City?

How the city became a center for innovation

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A Brief History of Romantic Comedies

From The Atlantic's Chris Orr

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Life in 'the New Arctic'

A moving portrait of a fading landscape

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The Rise of New York City

A fascinating look at Manhattan in the 1940s

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What Is Methane Hydrate?

"Flaming ice" is a vast natural energy source

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NASA's Time-Lapse of the Sun

Now with epic dubstep music

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Shaken Not Tuned: Cocktail Experiments

Can a tuning fork improve a cocktail?

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Is He Cheating? A 1950s Guide

'That little blonde secretary from the office?’

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New Yorkers: Vintage Vacuum-Tube Amps

Risking electric shock to restore old amplifiers

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The DIY Piano-Bicycle

Everybody needs a hobby

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What Does It Take to Make Real Craft Gin?

Tour the Green Hat Gin distillery

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Letter From the Editor

The June 2013 issue

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What Straights Can Learn From Same-Sex Couples

New insight from decades of research

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The End of the Mall Rat

A tribute to that pillar of teen culture

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