James Bennet
Under Bennet’s leadership from 2006 to 2016, The Atlantic dramatically increased its editorial reach and impact while returning to profitability for the first time in recent history. Adweek and Ad Age named him editor of the year in 2012 and 2009 respectively, and the magazine was honored with the National Magazine Award four times during his tenure, including magazine of the year and best website, for TheAtlantic.com. A former White House correspondent and Jerusalem bureau chief for The New York Times, Bennet is also the president of the American Society of Magazine Editors.
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Ruven Afanador Portrait of a Presidential Mind
Reflections on Jeffrey Goldberg’s interview with President Obama and our April issue
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About That American Idea
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Stephen Voss ‘We Need an Energy Miracle’
Bill Gates has committed his fortune to moving the world beyond fossil fuels and mitigating climate change.
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'For Months and Months and Months They Were Just Beating Me'
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Greg Kahn Deviancy, Defined
How did mass incarceration come to be a consensus political issue in America?
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William Widmer A Culture of Violence
Revisiting the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. in a time of police shootings and church murders
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Brian Snyder / Reuters A Distaste for the Memory of the Tale
Across centuries and generations, Americans have been unpleasantly surprised by the failure of our attempts to forget and transcend history.
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Davide Monteleone Editor’s Note: To Stay or to Go
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Carolyn Kaster/AP Editor's Note: Executive Dysfunction
President Obama has done next to nothing to build confidence in government.
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Dylan Coulter “I Never Dreamed It Would Turn Out This Way”
On the 10th anniversary of the Clinton Global Initiative, Bill Clinton assesses the state of the world, and of his post-presidency.
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Bettmann/Corbis The American Idea at War
One can draw a line from September 11, 2001, straight back to the decisions made by colonial mapmakers as the fighting raged in Europe 100 years ago.
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Flickr Against 'Long-Form Journalism'
When it comes to great magazine writing, what’s in a name?
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Associated Press The Man and the Myths
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Introducing: The Atlantic Weekly
Our new app is a lean-back weekend guide to how the world is changing.
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The Art of Ideas
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Warner Bros. Pictures/Sunset Boulevard/Corbis Life on Mars
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Jake Chessum The Bloomberg Way
The mayor of New York on his soda ban, why he doesn't worry about approval ratings, governing in the age of Twitter, and the dumbed-down media
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New York's Mayor on Everything From Campaign Money to Circumcision
For the November issue of the magazine, The Atlantic's editor in chief interviewed the New York mayor about some of his boldest views and decisions. Here is the full transcript of their conversation.
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Cliff Owen/AP The New Price of American Politics
Not since the Gilded Age has our politics been opened so wide to corporate contributions and donations from secret sources. And the new era of big money has just begun. Jim Bopp, its intellectual architect, believes this is a good thing—the more money, the better, he says. Reformers (and most voters) disagree. Their battle is over the most-basic ideas of our democracy; at stake—according to both sides—is either the revitalization of politics, or its final capture by the powerful.
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The Speech You Missed That Captures the Ruthless Efficiency of the DNC
What it looks like when even the bean counter is a brand builder
