Reporting shows that separating children from their parents was not an unintended side effect of the policy, as the government claimed, but the intent; the worst outcomes were anticipated and ignored; the architects of the legislation will likely seek to reinstate it, should they return to power.
Festival returns in person to new location—Washington, D.C.’s The Wharf and District Pier
McKown and McCurdy both join senior leadership team
165 years of journalism, literature, and American history are now available online for the first time.
Special multi-platform collaboration to premiere July 1
Ed Yong explores how human-made light and sound are confounding animal senses—with potentially catastrophic results.
Atlantic Editions will publish a series of books by Atlantic writers. Today’s Books relaunch features cover story, “Chasing Joan Didion,” and summer reading guide.
Caitlin Flanagan asks the greatest question of Didion’s lifetime: What was it that gave her such power?
Immersive art show from Glenn Kaino, The Atlantic, and Superblue creates a hidden forest in downtown Los Angeles.
Second season of The Atlantic’s How To podcast series will navigate the challenges of changing your life.
Pulitzer awarded for Senior’s September 2021 cover story, “What Bobby McIlvaine Left Behind,” and follows last year’s Pulitzer for Ed Yong. Sophie Gilbert is a finalist for Criticism.
A Forest for the Trees, sponsored by Mastercard®, takes visitors on a magical journey through a forest, hidden inside a 28,000-square-foot space in downtown Los Angeles
Jennifer Senior earns feature-writing honor for September 2021 cover story, “Twenty Years Gone”
Bruder’s cover story leads The Atlantic’s May issue, with reporting from Anne Applebaum, Ko Bragg, Jonathan Haidt, and Helen Lewis.
President Barack Obama and Nobel Prize–winning journalist Maria Ressa among featured interviews for event, happening April 6–8 in Chicago.
Ressa, the co-founder and CEO of Rappler, will write for The Atlantic about democracy, press freedom, and the social web.
Bennett, currently Slate’s editorial director, will focus on features
