To mark The Atlantic's anniversary, we have reprinted excerpts from articles and poems from some of our most celebrated contributors
Communities often look down on their newest members—their squids, hosers, kooks, and bambis. But they depend on them, too.
“If you’re an undecided voter ... it has the lineup of a festival concert that you just don’t want to go to, because there’s not a single band you want to see.”
How can cities prepare for more regular extreme heat?
A call for the reinvention of the American city and suburb that would exploit the infrastructure of the one and mitigate the "frantic privacy" of the other.
The jet-setting cosmopolitans of popular imagination exist, but they are far outnumbered by a less exalted and less discussed elite group, one that sits at the pinnacle of America’s local hierarchies.