The longtime editor of The Atlantic believed in the sanctity of facts—and the need to fortify the magazine continually with new voices and writing driven by ideas.

As a writer and an editor, she put humanity plainly on the page, where it would outlast her and her critics alike.

Richard White, the historian and author of The Republic for Which It Stands, explains what made the late 19th century gilded.

When it comes to great magazine writing, what’s in a name?

A Republican Senate candidate in West Virginia recently put a 21st century spin on the vintage epithet.