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A paper sculpture of a torch reads "Battle Hymn of the Republic."

The ‘Battle Hymn’ Can’t Be Ignored

The rousing urgency of the song seems to possess a power that, according to its own lyrics, “transfigures you and me.”
by Jake Lundberg via The Atlantic
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on June 8, 2026
Well dressed individuals atop a stage gaze upon an enormous machine inside a large building.

A Perfect Gilded Age Confection

How America celebrated its 100th birthday.
by Jake Lundberg via The Atlantic
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on May 18, 2026
An monument of Abraham Lincoln and an enslaved man.

An Unsettling Anti-Slavery Memorial

One monument’s story shows just how quickly a nation’s ideals can erode.
by Jake Lundberg via The Atlantic
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on April 23, 2026
Civil War solders planting a U.S. flag atop a hill.

A 168-Year-Old Question Still Worth Asking

A forceful 19th-century essay on the rise of the slaveholding oligarchy asked: “Where will it end?”
by Jake Lundberg via The Atlantic
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on February 12, 2026
A pair of hands reaches to grab a globe.

Does Anyone Else Have 1898 Déjà Vu?

Trump has upended a long tradition of claiming, however hypocritically, that foreign intervention is not about power or profit.
by Jake Lundberg via The Atlantic
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on January 8, 2026
Atlantic Monthly title page from the 1850s.

Doomscrolling in the 1850s

"The Atlantic" was born in an era of information overload.
by Jake Lundberg via The Atlantic
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on November 13, 2025
Lincoln, Washington, and a snippet from a lyceum address.

The Lincoln Way

How he used America’s past to rescue its future.
by Jake Lundberg via The Atlantic
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on October 10, 2025
An illustration of three schools on a podium and ranked from first place to third.

College Rankings Were Once a Shocking Experiment

Now they’ve become an American ritual.
by Jake Lundberg via The Atlantic
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on October 2, 2025
A book on top of a column.

American Higher Ed Never Figured Out Its Purpose

The centuries-long debate over who and what college is for has yet to be resolved.
by Jake Lundberg via The Atlantic
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on September 18, 2025
Octopus like arms, holding a stack of newspapers.

The Birth of the Attention Economy

The rise of the cheap, daily newspaper in the 19th century remade how Americans engaged with the world.
by Jake Lundberg via The Atlantic
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on July 31, 2025
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