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Abraham Lincoln

An Adaptation That’s Both ‘Excellent’ and ‘Bizarre’

October 30, 2026

An image from the opera adaptation of Lincoln in the Bardo

The Best Kind of Book Adaptation

October 28, 2026

Anthony Roth Costanzo as Miss Elise Traynor in Missy Mazzoli's "Lincoln in the Bardo."

The Sailors on the USS Abraham Lincoln Deserve Better

Andrea N. Goldstein

August 28, 2026

A sailor in a white uniform leans against a white bollard on a dock in front of a ship

What J. D. Vance Once Knew

July 4, 2026

The dark shadow of a man is projected onto a blue barrier. Behind it, attendees at a Trump rally hold signs.

I Went to the Great American State Fair and I May Never Sleep Again

Alexandra Petri

July 1, 2026

A collage of cellphone photos taken at the state fair

The Arch Is Atrocious

June 3, 2026

An animated color GIF showing the proposed arch obscuring the view of the Lincoln Memorial.

Time-Travel Thursdays

An Unsettling Anti-Slavery Memorial

April 23, 2026

Freedman’s Memorial

Pete Hegseth’s Moral Unseriousness

March 6, 2026

Andrew Harnik / Getty

The Wonder Reader

How to Create an Equal Household

February 28, 2026

A couple lifting a box

The Degraded State of the Union

February 26, 2026

A picture of Lincoln, beardless, beside a photo of Lincoln with his hand on a book

The Most American Form of Theater

February 21, 2026

Two chairs facing each other inside a boxing ring

Marco Rubio’s Impressive Speech

February 17, 2026

Which Washington Landmark Will Donald Trump Destroy Next?

Alexandra Petri

February 3, 2026

Illustration of the Washington Memorial serving as the base of a construction crane.

A Breakdown of the American Idea

Elizabeth Bruenig

January 28, 2026

Photograph of a man and woman holding candles in a crowd at a vigil

The Atlantic Daily

31 Atlantic Stories You Might Have Missed

Bhumika Tharoor

December 30, 2025

a photo collage of Louis CK, a palm tree, and a scene from the Riyadh Comedy Festival

Mary Todd Lincoln, Taken Out of Context

December 29, 2025

Photograph of a woman on stage, wearing an voluminous dress, reading from a book with a framed portrait of George Washington behind her

The Atlantic Daily

A 2025 Ranking You Won’t Read Anywhere Else

Alexandra Petri

December 26, 2025

A photo of people gathered around a dinner table

Guess the Real Trump ‘Presidential Walk of Fame’ Plaque

Alexandra Petri

December 18, 2025

presidential hall of fame plaque illustration

America Is Great When America Is Good

November 6, 2025

An illustration of a sunrise or sunset through a window with American-flag shutters

I Don’t Want to Stop Believing in America’s Decency

November 2025 Issue

Detail of an illustration of a torn oil painting with numerous impressionist U.S. flags, with a hand reaching through the black v-shaped hole holding up a small U.S. flag.

The Lincoln Way

November 2025 Issue

Graphic illustration with collage of a color portrait of Lincoln (left), a black-and-white portrait of George Washington on horse (right), and a detail of a book excerpt of Lincoln's Lyceum Address (center).

Editor’s Note

The American Experiment

Jeffrey Goldberg

November 2025 Issue

photo of the title page of The Pennsylvania Magazine, with engraved illustration of American symbols, from July 1776

How to Be More Charismatic, but Not Too Much More

Arthur C. Brooks

July 17, 2025

An illustration of a smiling man's face with happy-face stars in place of his eyes.

Kristi Noem Should Probably Know What Habeas Corpus Is

May 20, 2025

Photo-illustration of Kristi Noem

Time-Travel Thursdays

The Problem With Abe Lincoln’s Face

April 10, 2025

A blue-tinted image of Abe Lincoln with an orange filled-in beard

America in 2025

February 12, 2025

A photo of an American flag with red, white, and blue neon lights shining through it

This Election Is Different

October 15, 2024

Photo of the American flag waving

The Case for Kamala Harris

November 2024 Issue

A photo-illustration of the presidential desk isolated on a tan background

Time-Travel Thursdays

Attacking the President, Attacking the Nation

September 19, 2024

Images of Abraham Lincoln, James Garfield, William McKinley, and John F. Kennedy

Before Juneteenth

Susannah J. Ural and Ann Marsh Daly

June 17, 2024

archival photo collage of black Juneteenth celebrants in a historic New Orleans background

Lincoln’s Lessons

September 25, 2023

Lincoln and Douglass

How Lincoln Turned Regional Holidays Into National Celebrations

David S. Reynolds

November 24, 2021

Illustration of Abraham Lincoln wearing a Santa suit

The No-Drama Thanksgiving

November 22, 2021

Statues of Lincoln

Before You Answer, Consider the Opposite Possibility

April 25, 2021

A vintage photo illustration showing a man in a suit facing off against an upside-down version of himself

What Lincoln Knew

Michael Ignatieff

January 17, 2021

President Lincoln delivering his inaugural address on the east portico of the U.S. Capitol, March 4, 1865.

Trump Betrays the Party of Lincoln

January 5, 2021

An illustration of Abraham Lincoln and Donald Trump.