The Atlantic Out Loud

Dispatches from a moral panic

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After January 6, Peter Meijer thought he could help lead the Republican Party away from an abyss. Now he laughs at his own naïveté.

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To support the Republican narrative that our elections are rife with misconduct, someone needs to take the fall.

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The rich philosophical tradition I fell in love with has been reduced to Fox News and voter suppression.

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To head off the next insurrection, we’ll need to practice envisioning the worst.

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Capturing the intensity of a crowd’s adulation

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Cast into political exile, and into darkness by his failing eyesight, John Milton was determined to accomplish “things unattempted yet in prose or rhyme.”

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He was beloved by Americans who could agree on little else. Was he too eager to please?

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The idea that such a catastrophe is unavoidable in America is inflammatory and corrosive.

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Her new novel experiments with alternative versions of history, upending personal and national destinies.

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