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Anne Rice, 'Secret World of Arrietty': The Week Ahead in Pop Culture

Anne Rice, 'Secret World of Arrietty': The Week Ahead in Pop Culture

A look at the things we're most excited about watching, reading, browsing, and listening to… More »

'Smash,' A.S. Byatt, 'Rampart': The Week Ahead in Pop Culture

'Smash,' A.S. Byatt, 'Rampart': The Week Ahead in Pop Culture

A look at the things we're most excited about watching, reading, browsing, and listening to… More »

Live Chat With Adam Davidson

Live Chat With Adam Davidson

In "Making It in America," The Atlantic's much-talked-about January/February cover story, Adam Davidson writes about Standard Motor Products, a family-run manufacturer in Queens. The story of this plant -- and particularly of a 22-year-old assembly line worker named Maddie Parlier -- illustrates how important factories are for America's economy, and why their disappearance is making the jobs crisis so difficult to solve. Below, the author answers questions from…… More »

Super Bowl, 'Chronicle,' Leonard Cohen: The Week Ahead in Pop Culture

Super Bowl, 'Chronicle,' Leonard Cohen: The Week Ahead in Pop Culture

A look at the things we're most excited about watching, reading, browsing, and listening to… More »

Live Chat With Alan Taylor

Live Chat With Alan Taylor

The photo curator chatted with readers about his January/February magazine feature and his day-to-day work for TheAtlantic.com.… More »

Nada Surf Returns, 'Luck' Premieres: The Week Ahead in Pop Culture

Nada Surf Returns, 'Luck' Premieres: The Week Ahead in Pop Culture

A look at the things we're most excited about watching, reading, browsing, and listening to… More »

Live Chat With Caitlin Flanagan

Live Chat With Caitlin Flanagan

The author answers readers' questions about her Atlantic profile of Joan Didion and her new book, Girl Land.… More »

On Our Radar This Week: 'Haywire,' the NBA, Orson Scott Card

On Our Radar This Week: 'Haywire,' the NBA, Orson Scott Card

A look at the things we're most excited about watching, reading, browsing, and listening to… More »

The Past and Future of American Manufacturing

The Past and Future of American Manufacturing

On NPR's Morning Edition, Adam Davidson discusses his Atlantic cover story on the transformation of the U.S. manufacturing industry… More »

On Our Radar This Week: 'Downton Abbey,' BCS Championship, Disney ...

On Our Radar This Week: 'Downton Abbey,' BCS Championship, Disney ...

A look at the things we're most excited about watching, reading, browsing, and listening to… More »

On Our Radar This Week: Meryl Streep, 'Why We Broke Up,' Football ...

On Our Radar This Week: Meryl Streep, 'Why We Broke Up,' Football ...

A look at the things we're most excited about watching, reading, browsing, and listening to:… More »

On Our Radar This Week: Common, 'Homeland' Finale, Return of the NBA

On Our Radar This Week: Common, 'Homeland' Finale, Return of the NBA

A look at the things we're most excited about watching, reading, browsing, and listening to… More »

Best Television Episodes of 2011

Best Television Episodes of 2011

Atlantic writers and editors pick their favorite moments on "Parks and Recreation," "Friday Night Lights," "Homeland," and more… More »

The Year in Movies

The Year in Movies

The worst use of 3D, the best unpleasant film to watch, the coolest action sequence, and more… More »

On Our Radar This Week: 'Carnage,' College Bowl Games, Jo Nesbo ...

On Our Radar This Week: 'Carnage,' College Bowl Games, Jo Nesbo ...

A look at the things we're most excited about watching, reading, browsing, and listening to… More »

The Best Book I Read This Year

The Best Book I Read This Year

Atlantic editors and writers share their favorite titles—new, classic, or somewhere in between—from a year of reading… More »

'Pearl Harbor in Retrospect': Why the U.S. Was So Unprepared

'Pearl Harbor in Retrospect': Why the U.S. Was So Unprepared

Seven years after the attack, the Army's chief of intelligence assessed the issue for The AtlanticMore »

On Our Radar This Week: Amy Winehouse, the Heisman Trophy, Jane Austen ...

On Our Radar This Week: Amy Winehouse, the Heisman Trophy, Jane Austen ...

A look at the things we're most excited about watching, reading, browsing, and listening to… More »

On His Birthday, Remembering Mark Twain's Gifts to <i>The Atlantic</i>

On His Birthday, Remembering Mark Twain's Gifts to The Atlantic

Now an American icon, the Huckleberry Finn author received his first big break in the pages of this magazine… More »

The 2011 Holiday Gift Guide

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President Obama reflects on what Lincoln means to him and to America, in an introduction to our special issue. Read more ›
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