The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you through the biggest stories of the day, helps you discover new ideas, and recommends the best in culture. Sign up for it here. Last week, a woman named ...

Most Republicans and independents believe America’s best days are in the past, while most Democrats believe the best days are still ahead, according to a new poll. Photo from Michael Schaffler, ...

My family has a secret. I discovered it this spring, during my Aunt Dot’s 80th birthday party, when one of her grandchildren asked her why she never mentions her own grandparents. She never met them, ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

On Aug. 4, the National Park Service announced that it will restore and reinstall the statue of Confederate Gen. Albert Pike in Washington. This decision is yet another round in the ongoing fight over ...

On this episode of American Prestige, Yoni Appelbaum on his new book. Daniel Bessner and Derek Davison Here's where to find podcasts from The Nation. Political talk without the boring parts, featuring ...

Abraham Lincoln’s first inaugural address is a dense, technical affair. Delivered in March 1861, before the outbreak of the Civil War but after seven states had left the Union, it could hardly have ...

History isn’t supposed to be comfortable. It’s supposed to be honest. Right now, we’re watching a dangerous trend: the sanitizing of America’s past in order to sell a cleaner, prettier story. But no ...

Last week, a woman named Nan Prince met me in the lobby of the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum, in Jackson, and walked me to an elevator. We rode down to the basement and she used her keypad access to ...