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Brandon Bell / Getty The American Soccer Bar Wakes Up
World Cup pub crowds capture the promise and potential of an emerging stateside fandom
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The 10 Must-Read Stories of 2021
Including some of The Atlantic’s best work on the climate crisis, the fight over abortion, and more
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The Atlantic Daily: The Untold Stories of Black TV
On some of America’s favorite Black shows, the struggle for representation continued behind the scenes, from our latest cover story. Plus: the potential unintended consequences of COVID booster-shot banditry.
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DeAgostini / Getty Antarctica Is Crammed With Abandoned ‘Ghost’ Stations
As wild and empty as the continent might seem, human ambition is changing it permanently.
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The Atlantic Daily: 10 Must-Read Stories of 2020
Including some of The Atlantic’s standout work on the coronavirus, America’s racial reckoning, and the election
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Xinhua / Getty Images The Countries Taking Advantage of Antarctica During the Pandemic
While the West has scaled back operations in the Antarctic, Russia and China have pushed ahead.
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Dean Conger / Getty What Do We Owe Our National Parks?
In 1961, Atlantic readers debated a question Americans are still asking today.
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Raul Arboled / Getty What Atlantic Readers Thought About Marijuana in the ’90s
In 1994, Eric Schlosser made the case for decriminalizing marijuana and eliminating mandatory minimum sentencing. Readers had a wide array of responses.
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Marvin Gentry / Reuters The Quiet Heroism of Mail Delivery
After a natural disaster, courier services such as USPS and UPS help communities return to a sense of normalcy.
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Bettmann / Getty Atlantic Readers Respond to Martin Luther King Jr.’s ‘Letter From Birmingham Jail’
In the August 1963 issue, The Atlantic published King’s famous letter under the title “The Negro Is Your Brother.” Readers’ responses were largely positive.
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Getty Letters: What’s the Right Time to Eat Thanksgiving Dinner?
Readers weigh in on a surprisingly contentious topic: the correct time to start a Thanksgiving meal.
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Ivan Chermayeff / The Atlantic ‘Unwanted Sex,’ 20 Years Later
The author of a radical proposal in The Atlantic’s October 1998 issue revisits his argument—and the negative reactions to it.
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Joe Marquette / AP Decades of Atlantic Readers Debating Abortion
A window into a long-running national conversation, as experienced—and argued—by our readers
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TT News Agency / Reuters The Atlantic Daily: When Time Spent Online Was Less Anxious
Trump closes the Palestine Liberation Organization office in Washington, Les Moonves’s resignation, Sweden’s elections, and more
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AP What Did Atlantic Readers Think of Watergate?
As the investigation wore on, The Atlantic’s coverage garnered telling responses.
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Brian Snyder / Reuters The Atlantic Daily: Latent Power
One year after the Charlottesville rally. Plus space exploration, the never-ending dinosaur debate, and more.
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Kacper Pempel / Reuters The Atlantic Daily: It Might Be Possible
Twitter’s social and economic impact, the rise of left-leaning Democratic candidates, new evolutionary findings, and more.
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Corbis / Getty What Should the Girl Scouts Stand For?
In 1955, readers weighed in on changes made to the Girl Scout Handbook and the international objectives of the organization.
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Ted Streshinsky / Corbis / Getty Images Atlantic Readers Had Mixed Feelings About Hippies
In the fall of 1967, readers responded to an article about the hippies of Haight-Ashbury.
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Bettmann / Getty Harry Truman Explains Why He Dropped the Bomb
In 1947, the then-president wrote to the editors regarding his decision to use atomic warfare during World War II.
