Skip Navigation

The Editors

Tokyo: The Biggest City in World History Faces Down Its Ultimate Nemesis—Arithmetic

Tokyo: The Biggest City in World History Faces Down Its Ultimate Nemesis—Arithmetic

Is the city a model for post-growth happiness more than pro-growth dynamism?… More »

Hong Kong: The Most Business-Friendly City in the World

Hong Kong: The Most Business-Friendly City in the World

Hong Kong is well-positioned to withstand a sharp slowdown from its neighbor (and sorta-kinda-owner) to the north… More »

Paris: City of Lights (and Glass, and Steel)

Paris: City of Lights (and Glass, and Steel)

An even-keeled metro enters the perfect economic storm… More »

Chicago: The Second City at a Crossroads

Chicago: The Second City at a Crossroads

Why the nation's third-largest city is due for a manufacturing comeback… More »

Singapore: Miracle at the Center of the World

Singapore: Miracle at the Center of the World

Singapore's status as a global juggernaut cuts both ways… More »

Live Chat With James Fallows

Live Chat With James Fallows

The longtime Atlantic correspondent came online to talk with readers about China, aviation, and other topics.… More »

Shanghai: Can the Fastest-Growing City in the World Keep it Up?

Shanghai: Can the Fastest-Growing City in the World Keep it Up?

Part III of our special report on the most important cities in the world… More »

Los Angeles: The Silver-Medal and Silver-Screen City of the U.S.

Los Angeles: The Silver-Medal and Silver-Screen City of the U.S.

The nation's second-largest metro is rich, wide, and dry… More »

The Bike Effect: How 'Copenhagenization' Saves Time, Money, and Lives

The Bike Effect: How 'Copenhagenization' Saves Time, Money, and Lives

The many benefits of persuading drivers to commute on two wheels… More »

The 10 Most Economically Powerful Cities in the World

The 10 Most Economically Powerful Cities in the World

Check back in the coming days, as we count down to one with profiles of each city on this list… More »

Who Will Save Clean Energy?

Who Will Save Clean Energy?

Washington is waving the white flag on green… More »

Why the U.S. Economy Is Not Biased Against Men

Why the U.S. Economy Is Not Biased Against Men

Two responses to Marty Nemko… More »

Live Chat With Stephen Marche About His Cover Story, 'Is Facebook Making Us Lonely?'

The author of The Atlantic's May 2012 cover story will be online to answer readers' questions at 3 p.m. on Monday, April 16.… More »

Supreme Court Health-Care Oral Arguments: The Transcripts

Supreme Court Health-Care Oral Arguments: The Transcripts

Oral arguments before the Supreme Court over the Affordable Care Act have now ended. Read the full transcripts here.… More »

Live Chat With Roger Lowenstein

"The blasting of Bernanke from both extremes is, to put it mildly, unprecedented," writes Roger Lowenstein in the cover story of the April Atlantic. On Tuesday, March 27, at 11 a.m. Eastern time, Lowenstein will be online to discuss the Fed chief's success and America's ambivalence toward it. This event is now closed. The full transcript appears below. <a…… More »

Debating the Connection Between Religious Beliefs and Political Leanings

Debating the Connection Between Religious Beliefs and Political Leanings

Atlantic Senior Editor Robert Wright joins MSNBC's Up with Chris Hayes to discuss the interplay between religion and politics.… More »

Live Chat With Jonathan Alter

Live Chat With Jonathan Alter

In the April issue of The Atlantic, Jonathan Alter writes about Rahm Emanuel's efforts to clean up Chicago. Alter will be discuss the article online on Thursday, March 22, at 3:30 p.m. Eastern time.… More »

Ben Bernanke: Hero or Villain?

Financial journalist Roger Lowenstein, author of The Atlantic's cover story on Ben Bernanke, appeared on MSNBC's Daily Rundown to discuss public perception of the Federal Reserve chairman.… More »

The Odds of War With Iran: 'It's Basically a Coin Toss'

Atlantic correspondent Dominic Tierney discusses a new feature from TheAtlantic.com, the Iran War Clock, with MSNBC's Alex Witt.… More »

Goldberg: 'Zero Percent Possibility' Obama and Netanyahu Got Everything They Wanted

Goldberg: 'Zero Percent Possibility' Obama and Netanyahu Got Everything They Wanted

The Atlantic's Jeffrey Goldberg joined PBS' NewsHour to discuss the critical meeting between President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the still-unresolved response to the nuclear threat posed by Iran.… More »

Special Report
China Takes Off The Atlantic China Takes Off
Exploring the growth of a massive economy—an Atlantic special report Read more ›

Just In

View All Correspondents

The Biggest Story in Photos

Scenes From Brazil

May 18, 2012

Subscribe Now

SAVE 59%! 10 issues JUST $2.45 PER COPY

Facebook

Newsletters

Sign up to receive our free newsletters

(sample)

(sample)

(sample)

(sample)

(sample)

(sample)