In 1857, The Atlantic’s founders wrote that their magazine would make a sincere and honest effort to represent and champion what they called “the American idea.” The Atlantic will visit all 50 states ...

“We are all hardwired to do things with our hands,” says Cary Schwarz, a saddlemaker from Salmon, Idaho. “The work of our hands is informing the work of our minds.” These episodes are part of Craft in ...

This is an edition of Time-Travel Thursdays, a journey through The Atlantic’s archives to contextualize the present. Sign up here. Was there ever a time when Americans believed that kids were actually ...

The Trump administration has made incredible strides in its effort to Make America Healthy Again, with roughly 35% of the American food industry making a commitment to eliminate the use of artificial ...

The Atlantic recently launched “The Unfinished Revolution,” a project that examines the founding of the United States and brings the nation’s history to bear on its present — and its future. To ...

In The Atlantic’s first issue, published 168 years ago in Boston, Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote about an information overload at a time when American life felt unmoored: “In this kingdom of illusions we ...

Pop-up book artist Colette Fu on her books based on her travels to China Pop-up book artist Colette Fu on her tattooed lady book and her book on the long haired women in the terraced rice fields.