THE ATLANTIC MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘Amend It’

How Originalism Killed the Constitution

A radical legal philosophy has undermined the process of constitutional evolution. Jill Lepore

Fifty Years After History’s Most Brutal Boxing Match

The Thrilla in Manila nearly killed Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier. Vann R. Newkirk II

A Tale of Sex and Intrigue in Imperial Kyoto

A thousand years ago, Murasaki Shikibu wrote The Tale of Genji, the world’s first novel. Who was she? Lauren Groff