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“Twenty Years Gone”

For The Atlantic’s September issue, staff writer Jennifer Senior recounts one family’s heartbreaking loss in the 9/11 attacks, and their struggle to move on

Announcing the 2021 Atlantic Festival: Virtual Event Expands to Seven Days in September

Free Ticketing Opens Today for Programming September 22–24 and 27–30, From Washington, D.C.

One-of-a-kind collection includes data and records from 15 months of the pandemic

Introducing America In Person, The Atlantic’s new section about what it means to be an American

America In Person launches with stories on evangelical church-planting and the diverse internet subcultures created by the pandemic investing boom.

The Atlantic’s Floodlines Wins 2021 Peabody Award

First Peabody for The Atlantic awarded for narrative podcast about New Orleans after the flood

The Atlantic’s Ed Yong Wins 2021 Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting

First Pulitzer for The Atlantic awarded for Yong’s reporting on the coronavirus pandemic

The Atlantic Partners with Knotch to Deliver Content Intelligence

Equips Advertisers with New Insights into the Performance of Sponsor Content

‘The Minister of Chaos’—For The Atlantic’s July/August Issue, Tom McTague Profiles Prime Minister Boris Johnson

With rare and extensive access to the prime minister, McTague reports from inside the controlled chaos of Downing Street.

Elizabeth Bruenig to Join The Atlantic as a Staff Writer

Bruenig will cover the intersection of politics, religion, and culture, and begins later this month.

“The War on Nostalgia”

For The Atlantic’s June issue, Clint Smith asks what it will take to end the myth of the Lost Cause

Andrea Valdez Joining The Atlantic’s Senior Leadership Team as SVP of Audience Strategy

Valdez is the founding editor in chief of The 19th, and will join The Atlantic later this month.

Reporting and essays from Clint Smith, Annette Gordon-Reed, Sasha Banks, Caleb Gayle, Anya Groner, William Sturkey, Luke Winkie

The Atlantic’s In Pursuit of Happiness Event, May 20: With Arthur C. Brooks, Deepak Chopra, Angela Duckworth, and Gretchen Rubin

Audiences will explore the human hold on happiness and ways to build a more meaningful life.

“Return the National Parks to the Tribes” —May issue makes a forceful moral case that the jewels of America’s landscape should belong to America’s original peoples.

David Treuer’s cover story marks the launch of a new series from The Atlantic that seeks to reconsider the legacy of America’s wildlands.

A forensic investigation found no evidence that any subscribers’, customers’, or clients’ financial or sensitive information was involved.

The Atlantic releases two NFTs for auction

Illustrations from The Atlantic's pandemic journalism reflect a challenging year