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The state has voted for a Democratic president once since the 1970s. Is it finally the year?

Hurricane Milton was a test of the state’s coast, which has everything to recommend it, except the growing risk of flooding.

Her new memoir is a master class in how selective attention and empathy can insulate someone from the pains that trouble the rest of us.

John Steinbeck beat Sanora Babb to the great American Dust Bowl novel—using her field notes. What do we owe her today?

Even those who believe they understand George Washington’s legacy will be surprised by the degree to which Donald Trump is so obviously his opposite.

Voters detest the things that Trump wants to do. But they just don’t believe he’ll follow through.

I have been heartbroken and horrified in recent months as the organization has become a regular target.

October 9, 2024, 7:17 AM ET This election is the moment of truth. In The Atlantic’s final cover story ahead of the election, staff writer Tom Nichols lays out why “the votes cast in November will be more consequential than those in any other American election in more than a century”—because every essential norm and ...

The reelection of Donald Trump would mark the end of George Washington’s vision for the presidency—and the United States.