The Atlantic Festival

• September 22 – 24, 2020
• Virtual Event

Expect to be challenged. Expect to be entertained. Expect the unexpected.

The Big Story: Putin’s Plan for the 2020 Election

• June 18, 2020
• Virtual Event

Vladimir Putin’s mission to interfere in American elections isn’t done yet. What’s at stake?

How Did We Get Here? Confronting Race in America

• June 16, 2020
• Virtual Event

America is battling two pandemics: COVID-19 and racism.

The Big Story: What It Means to ‘Defund the Police’

• June 11, 2020
• Virtual Event

How should America rethink the justice system in the wake of police brutality across the country?

The Big Story: Protest and Policing in America

• June 4, 2020
• Virtual Event

Protests have swept the nation this week in the wake of more killings of black Americans by police.

The Big Story: The Sprawling Universe of QAnon

• May 28, 2020
• Virtual Event

Conspiracy theories have existed for centuries, threatening not just accepted facts, but the very idea that empirical truth exists at all.

The Atlantic Book Talk: "Dark Mirror" by Barton Gellman

• May 19, 2020
• Virtual Event

In 2013, Edward Snowden became a household name. Join us for a book talk with one of the reporters who broke the Snowden story, Barton Gellman.

The Big Story: Making Sense of the Pandemic

• May 7, 2020
• Virtual Event

There seem to be more questions than answers about how the pandemic will play out, how it will affect our lives—and how long it will last.

Journalism in the Time of COVID-19

• May 6, 2020
• Virtual Event

Since 1857, The Atlantic has been challenging assumptions and pursuing truth.

COVID-19 Update: The 2020 Campaign

• April 16, 2020
• Washington, D.C.

The coronavirus has turned the political season upside down.

COVID-19: On The Front Lines

• April 14, 2020
• Virtual Event

Medical professionals and researchers are fighting a stubborn enemy.