Letters

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Letter: Free Speech for All Is Still Our Mission

The American Civil Liberties Union, writes its senior litigator, has not abandoned that historic vocation.
- May 23, 2022
Katie Martin

Why Interview an Autocrat?

Readers respond to our April 2022 cover story and more.
- June 2022 Issue
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Letter: Hungary Defends Orbán’s Reelection

An official from the prime minister’s office responds to a critique of the country’s recent parliamentary elections.
- April 22, 2022
Katie Martin

What Billie Eilish Knows About Satisfaction

Readers respond to our March 2022 cover story and more.
- May 2022 Issue
The Atlantic

‘Responsible Conservatism Has a Voice and a Future’

Readers respond to our January/February 2022 issue.
- April 2022 Issue
The Atlantic

‘We Ignore Our Own Sins at Our Peril’

Readers respond to our December 2021 cover story and more.
- March 2022 Issue
The Atlantic

The Story of Alden Global Capital Illustrates Deep American Problems

Readers respond to our November 2021 cover story and more.
- January/February 2022 Issue
The Atlantic

Can Facebook Be Contained?

Readers respond to stories in our October and November 2021 issues.
- December 2021 Issue
Katie Martin / The Atlantic

An Acquaintance Remembers Bobby McIlvaine

Readers respond to our September 2021 issue and more.
- November 2021 Issue
Katie Martin

Can the ‘Four Americas’ Be Reconciled?

Readers respond to George Packer’s diagnosis of the country’s fracture, and the way forward.
- October 2021 Issue
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‘Do Not Abandon the Afghans’

A former Army Ranger asks President Biden to airlift America’s allies out of harm’s way.
- Sam Ayres
- August 19, 2021
Katie Martin

‘We Proudly Wore Confederate Symbols’

Readers respond to our June 2021 cover story and reflect on their own experiences reckoning with history and memory.
- September 2021 Issue
Katie Martin

The Unintended Consequences of Returning the National Parks to the Tribes

Readers respond to David Treuer’s May 2021 cover story.
- July/August 2021 Issue
Katie Martin

In Defense of Private Schools

“It’s not independence that is indefensible. It’s inequity.”
- June 2021 Issue
Katie Martin

The Commons

Readers respond to our March 2021 issue.
- May 2021 Issue
Katie Martin

The Commons

Readers respond to our January/February 2021 issue.
- April 2021 Issue
Katie Martin

The Commons

Readers respond to our December 2020 cover story and more.
- March 2021 Issue
Katie Martin

The Commons

Readers respond to our November 2020 issue and more.
- January/February 2021 Issue
Katie Martin

The Commons

Readers respond to our October 2020 features.
- December 2020 Issue
Katie Martin

The Commons

Readers respond to our September 2020 cover story and more.
- November 2020 Issue

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