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When the Two Sides of the Culture War Meet

David A. Graham

February 9, 2026

Bad Bunny Super Bowl halftime show

Finally, a Halftime Show That Represents Real America!

Alexandra Petri

February 9, 2026

Turning Point USA Halftime Show

‘Together, We Are America’

Spencer Kornhaber

February 9, 2026

Bad Bunny performing at the Super Bowl

The Big Message of the 2026 Grammys

Spencer Kornhaber

February 2, 2026

Bad Bunny accepting an award at the 2026 Grammys

How Bad Bunny Did It

Spencer Kornhaber

February 2026 Issue

black-and-white image of Bad Bunny wearing glasses and an NFL-football crown on red background

Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl

Xochitl Gonzalez

October 2, 2025

Bad Bunny performs in front of pink smoke, a few backup dancers, and a cheering crowd

A Rupture in One’s Sense of Self

September 26, 2025

A person looking out a window behind a gauzy curtain

A Philosophy That Sees ‘Women as Doers’

July 4, 2025

A photograph of a mirror in a bathroom

The Bad Bunny Video That Captures the Cost of Gentrification

July 2, 2025

The Three Marine Brothers Who Feel ‘Betrayed’ by America

Xochitl Gonzalez

June 27, 2025

Members of the armed forces march forward, the back of their heads just barely out of frame

The Subtlety of the Macho-Men SNL Sketch

May 18, 2025

A man and a woman sit looking at each other across a bar table with glasses of wine.

Trump Pays the Price for Insulting Puerto Rico

Xochitl Gonzalez

October 30, 2024

Bad Bunny on a stage

This Is Trump’s Message

David A. Graham

October 28, 2024

A black-and-white photo of Donald Trump standing at a podium, speaking to a crowd at Madison Square Garden.

Bad Bunny Has It All—And That’s the Problem

April 26, 2024

A black-and-white photo of Bad Bunny standing alone onstage in a suit and backward cap

Islands Have a Disaster-Response Problem

Paola Rosa-Aquino

August 21, 2023

Wildfire damage in Lahaina, Hawaii on Thursday, Aug. 10, 2023; trucks, cars, and palm trees in burned-out areas in western Maui

Who Cares About Cursive? Kids Don’t Learn to Churn Butter Anymore, Either.

January/February 2023 Issue

photo of magazine open to spread of article "Cursive Is History"

Is This the Quiet Revolution of Latino Representation?

Xochitl Gonzalez

November 23, 2022

What Puerto Rico Needs Most

A.C. Valdez and Claudine Ebeid

October 6, 2022

A woman in Puerto Rico stands beside a devastated home.

What Natural Disasters Say About Our Colonial Conditions

September 30, 2022

Utuado, Puerto Rico on September 20, after Hurricane Fiona

America, the Sucio

Xochitl Gonzalez

September 27, 2022

The Atlantic Daily

The Next Shock Wave in Puerto Rico

Kelli María Korducki

September 21, 2022

A man walks through the flooded neighborhood of Juana Matos in Catano, Puerto Rico, on September 19.

The Uneasy Timing of DeSantis’s Callous Ploy

Xochitl Gonzalez

September 20, 2022

Groups of migrants receive food outside the Migrant Resource Center in Texas.

Let Puerto Rico Be Free

November 2022 Issue

Boy with Puerto Rican flag as cape

Prove Your Lawmakers Wrong About Puerto Rico

Xochitl Gonzalez

May 20, 2022

As Puerto Rican statehood is debated, tourism on the island surges.

The Puerto Rico Problem Is an American Problem

Xochitl Gonzalez

April 21, 2022

The flag of Puerto Rico hanging from a sash window of a house in Brooklyn, New York City

The Board Games That Ask You to Reenact Colonialism

July 22, 2021

Two board game tokens overlaid with illustrations of enslaved people tied together

‘I’m Aware of Everything That I Need to Do to Remove This Evil’

Daniel Pollack-Pelzner

October 8, 2020

A State-by-State Coronavirus Tracker

June 25, 2020

A map of the continental United States with a red wave covering the South

Trump’s Malign Neglect of Puerto Rico

Pedro Reina-Pérez

January 16, 2020

A collapsed house is seen after an earthquake hit the island in Guanica, Puerto Rico, on January 7, 2020.

How Ancient DNA Can Help Recast Colonial History

September 18, 2019

A crowd waving Puerto Rican flags

Puerto Rico’s Governor Confirmed His People’s Worst Suspicions

Pedro Reina-Pérez

July 24, 2019

Protests in Puerto Rico

Ricardo Rosselló Wants 2020 Candidates Talking About Puerto Rico

June 8, 2019

Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rosselló delivers an address in San Juan