Hamas Must Go
The terror group has proved again and again that it will sabotage any efforts to forge a lasting peace.
Ideas
Have Yourself an Early Little Christmas
Why I put my tree up before I carve the Thanksgiving turkey
Trump Isn’t Merely Unhinged
Many of his recent statements illustrate a profoundly un-American set of ideas.
Why Is America Afraid of Black History?
No one should fear a history that asks a country to live up to its highest ideals.
The Questions That Most Need Asking
The Atlantic revisits Reconstruction.
How Reconstruction Created American Public Education
Freedpeople and their advocates persuaded the nation to embrace schooling for all.
What The Atlantic Got Wrong About Reconstruction
In 1901, a series of articles took a dim view of the era, and of the idea that all Americans ought to participate in the democratic process.
How Black Americans Kept Reconstruction Alive
The federal government abandoned Reconstruction in 1877, but Black people didn’t give up on the moment’s promise.
The Annotated Frederick Douglass
In 1866, the famous abolitionist laid out his vision for radically reshaping America in the pages of The Atlantic.
The False Binary in Higher Ed
Liberal education and career training aren’t mutually exclusive.