Features
Obama, Explained
A longtime analyst of the presidency
takes the measure of our 44th president,
with a view to history.
Video: Fallows talks to Atlantic Senior Editor Corby Kummer about Obama’s chances for reelection and what he might learn from George W. Bush.
How Your Cat Is Making You Crazy
Could tiny organisms carried by house cats be creeping into our brains, causing everything from car wrecks to schizophrenia?
The Last Line of Defense
An unlikely crusader, Diana Holt wages a heroic, long-odds battle against the death penalty.
Commentary: Andrew Cohen, The Atlantic's legal writer, discusses this piece and explores the death penalty's fatal flaw.
Dispatches
They Kill Horses, Don’t They?
A family farm, a drought, and difficult choices
I ♥ Iraq
How the country’s tourism minister makes the hard sell
Canon Fodder
A library bets on future literary stars.
The Revolutionist
The secret architect of the Arab Spring casts an eye on Occupy Wall Street.
McMasterpiece
An Italian celebrity chef designs a fast-food burger.
Five-Star Trek
A pampered tour through the Peruvian Andes
Iron Giant
One of America’s great machines comes back to life.
Columns
Why Companies Fail
Why is corporate turnaround so difficult and rare?
Horror for Kids
Goosebumps celebrates 20 years of spooking fourth-graders.
Books
Tales From the Crypt
Two books uncover the romance and adventure of archaeology.
The Reactionary
The charming, sinister G. K. Chesterton
Tribute: Benjamin Schwarz shares the story behind Christopher Hitchens’s March 2012 essay.
Daddy Issues
Why caring for my aging father has me wishing he would die
The Elder Chronicles: Stories about aging and caretaking from TheAtlantic.com's Health channel
Cover to Cover
Jane Eyre revisited; the geologic story of the American West; and more
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