The Atlantic Out Loud

Our election system is reaching a breaking point. By David A. Graham From the ⁠⁠December 2025 issue⁠⁠. Get more from your favorite Atlantic voices when you subscribe. You’ll enjoy unlimited access to Pulitzer-winning journalism, from clear-eyed analysis and insight on breaking news. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Explore the captivating world of Philip Pullman's fiction, where love for our world isn't easy. Delve into the contrasting aesthetics of Pullman and Rowling, and discover the magical significance of Dust and its ties to original sin. Analyze Lyra's provocative relationships and the themes that evolve in The Book of Dust. Unearth the political parallels in Pullman's work, and appreciate his lush prose that elevates the mundane. Ultimately, witness how Pullman's stories teach us to cherish imagination and heal our connection to the Earth.

I want to feel, as Walt Whitman did, that America and democracy are inextricable. By George Packer From the ⁠November 2025 issue⁠. Get more from your favorite Atlantic voices when you subscribe. You’ll enjoy unlimited access to Pulitzer-winning journalism, from clear-eyed analysis and insight on breaking news. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Without one, America may sink into autocracy for decades. By David Brooks From the ⁠November 2025 issue⁠. Get more from your favorite Atlantic voices when you subscribe. You’ll enjoy unlimited access to Pulitzer-winning journalism, from clear-eyed analysis and insight on breaking news. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For nearly 250 years, America promoted freedom and equality abroad, even when it failed to live up to those ideals itself. Not anymore. By Anne Applebaum From the ⁠November 2025 issue⁠. Get more from your favorite Atlantic voices when you subscribe. You’ll enjoy unlimited access to Pulitzer-winning journalism, from clear-eyed analysis and insight on breaking news. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Washington Irving’s story isn’t just about a very long nap. It’s about the making of America. By John Swansburg From the ⁠November 2025 issue⁠. Get more from your favorite Atlantic voices when you subscribe. You’ll enjoy unlimited access to Pulitzer-winning journalism, from clear-eyed analysis and insight on breaking news. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How he used America’s past to rescue its future By Jake Lundberg From the ⁠November 2025 issue⁠. Get more from your favorite Atlantic voices when you subscribe. You’ll enjoy unlimited access to Pulitzer-winning journalism, from clear-eyed analysis and insight on breaking news. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

She lived for 97 years. Only 24 of them were with Alexander Hamilton. By Jane Kamensky From the ⁠November 2025 issue⁠. Get more from your favorite Atlantic voices when you subscribe. You’ll enjoy unlimited access to Pulitzer-winning journalism, from clear-eyed analysis and insight on breaking news. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

They might be surprised that the republic exists at all. By Fintan O’Toole From the ⁠November 2025 issue⁠. Get more from your favorite Atlantic voices when you subscribe. You’ll enjoy unlimited access to Pulitzer-winning journalism, from clear-eyed analysis and insight on breaking news. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Founders were inspired—and threatened—by the independence and self-governance of nations like the Iroquois Confederacy. By Ned Blackhawk From the ⁠November 2025 issue⁠. Get more from your favorite Atlantic voices when you subscribe. You’ll enjoy unlimited access to Pulitzer-winning journalism, from clear-eyed analysis and insight on breaking news. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices