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James Madison

Abolishing the Senate Might Be the DSA’s Best Idea

July 22, 2026

The United States Senate seal splintered down the middle, with a red rose emerging from it

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

What the Founders Would Say Now

Fintan O’Toole

November 2025 Issue

black-and-white illustration of colonial American man standing in large room with portraits on wall and desk, wearing hat, coat, and breeches with cane, looking at his distorted reflection in a fun-house mirror

Behind The Atlantic’s November 2025 Issue Cover

Peter Mendelsund

November 2025 Issue

painting of tableau of figures from early American society both standing and seated, with heavy red drapes and pastoral scene behind

Ah, Exactly What the Founders Wanted!

Alexandra Petri

July 3, 2025

An image of the Founders looking at the Capitol

The Missing Branch

May 6, 2025

The U.S. Capitol on a foggy day

Trump Is Deporting ‘Them’ in Ways That Threaten Us

Conor Friedersdorf

March 27, 2025

Photo of a woman staring out of a window while holding a photo of a man

Madison’s Notes Don’t Mean What Everyone Says They Mean

Mary Sarah Bilder

December 22, 2019

James Madison's notes on impeachment superimposed over a portrait of Madison

How to Revive Madison’s Constitution

Michael Gerhardt and Jeffrey Rosen

December 4, 2019

"The Signing of the American Constitution," by Albert Herter, a mural in the Wisconsin state capitol

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