I never knew the history of The Atlantic Magazine:

[mucifer]

From their website:

When the founders of The Atlantic gathered in Boston in the spring of 1857, they wanted to create a magazine that would be indispensable for the kind of reader who was deeply engaged with the most consequential issues of the day. The men and women who created this magazine had an overarching, prophetic vision—they were fierce opponents of slavery—but they were also moved to overcome what they saw as the limits of partisanship, believing that the free exchange of ideas across ideological lines was crucial to the great American experiment. Their goal was to publish the most urgent essays, the most vital literature; they wanted to pursue truth and disrupt consensus without regard for party or clique.


MILESTONES
FEBRUARY 1862
Julia Ward Howe’s “Battle Hymn of the Republic” makes its first public appearance, on the front page of The Atlantic.
APRIL 1862
Ralph Waldo Emerson, in “American Civilization,” calls for the emancipation of slaves, and praises President Abraham Lincoln for his principled moves in that direction.
APRIL 1870
Anna Harriette Leonowens publishes “English Governess at the Siamese Court,” her memoir of her time in Siam, which is later fictionalized by Margaret Landon as Anna and the King of Siam—and, in 1951, turned into the hit musical The King and I.
AUGUST 1897
W. E. B. Du Bois, in “The Strivings of the Negro People,” introduces his idea of the African American's experience of “double consciousness,” setting in motion a conversation on race and identity that continues today.
AUGUST 1897
In the same issue, John Muir argues passionately, in “The American Forests,” for the central role federal government must play in the preservation of nature, later inspiring President Theodore Roosevelt to establish the National Park Service.
AUGUST 1915
The magazine publishes “The Road Not Taken,” which Robert Frost had given to then-editor Ellery Sedgwick as a handwritten note.
AUGUST 1932
Far ahead of her time, Helen Keller, in the form of humorous Depression-era business advice-giving, encourages more men to do housework in “Put Your Husband in the Kitchen.”

Wow!
They were republicans back when DU would have been republican.

I think I better subscribe.

[samnsara]

1. i subscribed yesterday..you also get their online access. So far its been great reading...

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. It's one of the best publications around.

There are always interesting, thought-provoking articles and they have first-rate writers and editors. I have no doubt that the piece about Trump and the military by editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg was carefully and accurately sourced.

[mucifer]

3. I have seen a few interviews with Jeffrey Goldberg. He doesn't crack a smile. I hope he is ok. It's

a very serious time in our nation. I hope he is not being threatened.

[tblue37]

8. And they put up new material pretty much every day. It's one of my daily reads online. nt

[SheltieLover]

4. I think I will subscribe!

Ty!

[Lonestarblue]

19. You'll enjoy it.

I’ve subscribed for years, and it always provides great, thought-provoking articles. They’ve had great writers over the years, one of whom is Ta-Nahisi Coates. His book Between the World and Me is also well worth reading.

[SheltieLover]

35. Thx!

I will look into a subscription!

[Skittles]

5. I find subscribing to The Atlantic to be a great bargain

I have been very satisfied with them; lots of great reading. WELL WORTH IT.

[wishstar]

6. I had a great H.S. English teacher who assigned us to read articles from The Atlantic

so I knew of its stellar reputation over the years.

[Budi]

7. Thank you for posting this. I too will subscribe asap.

👍


"Its founders included Francis H. Underwood and prominent writers Ralph Waldo Emerson, Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and John Greenleaf Whittier, ..more."

[dhol82]

9. I subscribed several months ago after reading a number of articles that others had posted.

Excellent investigative work and exemplary writing.
I get daily updates on a number of subjects.
Well worth the price.

[femmedem]

10. Ta-Nehisi Coates has written quite a bit for them, including his "The Case for Reparations."

In addition to "The Case for Reparations"--which explained the history of racial covenants and redlining to a lot of white people like me who were blithely ignorant--The Atlantic has published these writings of his: https://www.theatlantic.com/author/ta-nehisi-coates/

[mountain grammy]

15. Yes, The Case for Reparations is excellent..a real eye opener

I have it bookmarked and refer to it often. I read the Atlantic a lot. Time to re-subscribe ..

[radius777]

30. Coates' 'The First White President' piece one of the best

(if not the best) in explaining Trumpism:

The First White President: The foundation of Donald Trump’s presidency is the negation of Barack Obama’s legacy.
by Ta-Nehisi Coates
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/10/the-first-white-president-ta-nehisi-coates/537909/
To Trump, whiteness is neither notional nor symbolic but is the very core of his power. In this, Trump is not singular. But whereas his forebears carried whiteness like an ancestral talisman, Trump cracked the glowing amulet open, releasing its eldritch energies. The repercussions are striking: Trump is the first president to have served in no public capacity before ascending to his perch. But more telling, Trump is also the first president to have publicly affirmed that his daughter is a “piece of ass.” The mind seizes trying to imagine a black man extolling the virtues of sexual assault on tape (“When you’re a star, they let you do it”), fending off multiple accusations of such assaults, immersed in multiple lawsuits for allegedly fraudulent business dealings, exhorting his followers to violence, and then strolling into the White House. But that is the point of white supremacy—to ensure that that which all others achieve with maximal effort, white people (particularly white men) achieve with minimal qualification. Barack Obama delivered to black people the hoary message that if they work twice as hard as white people, anything is possible. But Trump’s counter is persuasive: Work half as hard as black people, and even more is possible.

[CaptYossarian]

11. Our non-reader, anti-intellectual president said he never reads it--that "it's a

terrible magazine". That testimony is just as valuable as the text in the OP.

Maybe they need to put out a pop-up version with connect-the-dots.

Trump doesn't know yet what happens if a drip takes on The Atlantic..

[iluvtennis]

12. Never knew the history of the magazine but always knew it was higly reputable. Thanks for this post.

[ancianita]

13. It's one of the oldest magazines in America next to Harper's Magazine, which is the oldest.

[bobbieinok]

14. Did the humorist James Thurber write for them?

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

17. I think he wrote and did cartoons for The New Yorker.

[Tennessee Hillbilly]

16. Trump Attacks Laurene Powell Jobs

President Trump is coming after Laurene Powell Jobs, the philanthropist billionaire who owns a majority stake in The Atlantic.

Said Trump: “Steve Jobs would not be happy that his wife is wasting money he left her on a failing Radical Left Magazine that is run by a con man (Goldberg) and spews FAKE NEWS & HATE. Call her, write her, let her know how you feel!!!”

[link:https://politicalwire.com/2020/09/06/trump-attacks-laurene-powell-jons/|

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

18. It probably fries his orange ass that a woman is much, much richer than he is.

[TexasBushwhacker]

22. It would be so much better for her to spend it

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on designer clothes and plastic surgery.

[Joinfortmill]

20. Me too

[flamingdem]

21. What an interesting post!

That's my favorite era to study. So much progressive seeds were being planted.

[yuiyoshida]

23. "They were Republicans back when DU would have been Republican "

WHEN was DU, Republican???

[mucifer]

24. I would like to think in the 1850s we would have been anti slavery thus making us Republican

[yuiyoshida]

26. DUDE...1850?

My family would either be out celebrating the Cherry Blossom festivals or maybe fishing in an Outrigger canoe . If there was a DU in the 1800's you could probably guess them all to be wondering who is going to fucking invent the lap top? XD

[Pachamama]

34. +1000

[mjvpi]

27. It is a great magazine!

I gave a subscription to my sister since I already get it. I t would be great if "the failing" Atlantic magazine sets new records this month.

[paleotn]

28. Like Harpers...been around forever...

As for Republicans, they were hodge podge at their founding. We align more with the Consciences Whigs who became Radical Republicans, like Chase, Sumner and Stevens. Some of their ideas lived on with TR and the Rockefeller Republicans, at least with regards to social policy. The current Rethuglican party sticks close to its old Know Nothing roots, now taken over by nationalist, populist trash.

[Vivienne235729]

29. I subscribed a couple days ago and was floored when I read their history.

I did not know it, either. It is pretty amazing.

[central scrutinizer]

31. Sadly, they discontinued The Puzzler

By Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon. Their variety cryptic crossword puzzles were always a delightful challenge with very clever multi-level themes. Much harder than the NYTimes Saturday puzzle.

[romana]

32. Been a subscriber for awhile

Good investment.

[Pachamama]

33. Atlantic is a very impressive Magazine....it's important now to support it

My daughter just subscribed for our family with an academic subscription at 50% off for $29.99 for getting the print and digital access.

We have been donating regularly to Biden and Harris and other Democrats and also to publications like NYT and Washington Post. We all need to support the free press especially now.

Atlantic is a great publication.

For me too the attack on Laurene Powell Jobs infuriated me on top of the revelations about Trump’s assault on our military.

We are new subscribers.

[Demovictory9]

36. k&r

[riversedge]

37. Thanks for the history