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March 2026
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Rod Dreher Thinks the Enlightenment Was a Mistake
The influential author derides secularism and the modern world. Conservatives—including the vice president—are joining him on a march back to the Middle Ages.
The Multibillion-Dollar Foundation That Controls the Humanities
Is the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation the last best hope for American arts and letters—or is it killing them?
The Man Who Broke Physics
Even before competing in his first Olympics, 21-year-old Ilia Malinin has transformed the sport of figure skating.
America vs. the World
President Trump wants to return to the 19th century’s international order. He will leave America less prosperous—and the whole world less secure.
What Happened to Pam Bondi?
How the attorney general became a person who loves telling Trump yes
The Democrats Aren’t Built for This
They say they want to save democracy. First they’ll need to get out of their own way.
The Secrets of Indigenous Art
Major exhibitions are upending the way people understand Native American and Aboriginal artists.
Dispatches
Illustration by Tyler Comrie How America Got So Sick
The health of a nation reflects the health of a democracy.
Courtesy of Eugene Robinson The Mystery of Henry Fordham
How did my great-great-grandfather become a free man?
Culture & Critics
Illustration by Jan Robert Dünnweller. Source: Picturelake / Getty. The Poet Laureate of Madness
Why Alfred, Lord Tennyson feels so modern
Jill Krementz The Ghosts of Toni Morrison
In a new study, Namwali Serpell describes how the novelist located the missing stories of Black America.
Bettmann / Getty Deadlier Than Gettysburg
How the cruelty of the Confederacy’s prison camps gave rise to the rules of war
Illustration by Colin Hunter* The Novel as Extended Op-Ed
If anyone could write good fiction about immigration, it would probably be Lionel Shriver. Instead, her latest book goes off the rails.
Departments
Joe McKendry The Commons: Seeing Ourselves in America’s Unfinished Revolution
Readers respond to our November 2025 issue.
The Atlantic Caleb's Inferno: March 2026
A devilish crossword puzzle
Poetry
Lucy Murray Willis Literary Theory
A poem
