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Black History Month Is Radical Now

February 19, 2026

Illustration of a February calendar being painted over in white with a paint roller

150 Years Ago in Photos

February 16, 2026

People gather at an information booth at the base of a very tall statue of an arm holding a torch, in a photo from 1876.

Why Taylor Swift’s Accent Has Changed

December 3, 2025

Illustration of a mirror showing a person's open mouth

The Ideal That Underlies the Declaration of Independence

Walter Isaacson

November 9, 2025

Illustration of the American flag as two overlapping text bubbles—the stripes are a bubble coming from the right, and the stars are a bubble coming from the left

So Much Madeira

Victoria Flexner

November 2025 Issue

illustration in style of engraving of long table laden with turkey, pie, dishes, goblets, bottles of madeira and port, candles

A Bleak World Without Women

September 17, 2025

A color still from the show "Task" showing Mark Ruffalo wearing an FBI jacket and looking at a man and a woman in the foreground.

The ‘Dirty and Nasty People’ Who Became Americans

Lindsay Chervinsky

July 4, 2025

An embroidered portrait of George Washington next to the faded blue silk flag that indicated his presence on the Revolutionary War battlefield.

Watching It All Fall Apart in Pennsylvania

John Hendrickson

November 6, 2024

A man under red light watching the election

The Democrats’ Hail Mary

October 25, 2024

Liz Cheney and Kamala Harris smiling

‘Okay, I Will Join the Marines’

October 25, 2024

A white man sits in a chair holding a cigarette.

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Election Disinformation Is Getting More Chaotic

October 21, 2024

Two voters stand at polling booths

Trump Breaks Down Onstage

David A. Graham

October 15, 2024

Donald Trump swaying onstage at a campaign event

Why That Big Abbott Elementary Cameo Made So Much Sense

March 11, 2024

Quinta Brunson and Bradley Cooper in “Abbott Elementary”

The Battle for I-95

June 26, 2023

A photo of construction workers surveying highway damage

So You Want to Go to War With Philadelphia?

Adrienne LaFrance

November 6, 2020

Protesters in Philadelphia

Subversive of What?

August 1948 Issue

A blue illustration of Thomas Jefferson with red tape over his mouth