In The Atlantic’s first issue, published 168 years ago in Boston, Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote about an information overload at a time when American life felt unmoored: “In this kingdom of illusions we grope eagerly for stays and foundations.”
Tonight The Atlantic returns to its birthplace to launch an event series, The Atlantic Across America, that will eventually take it to all 50 states––at a moment in the country that Emerson could just as well be describing. Across the next three years, The Atlantic will hold events with its journalists in cities in every state to talk about the range of issues and ideas that the magazine covers, including the ideals of American democracy, the current administration, culture, technology, the environment, and more. Many events will be in partnership with local and nonprofit newsrooms that are doing exceptional work, and will consider local and national issues.
“The Atlantic was founded to be the magazine of the American idea, and we try to live up to that mandate today,” said Jeffrey Goldberg, the magazine’s editor in chief. “The 250th anniversary of America’s founding represents an excellent moment to visit our readers, and our future readers, across the country.”
The series’s inaugural sold-out event, happening tonight in Boston in partnership with WBUR, features interviews with Goldberg, On Point host Meghna Chakrabarti, and Congressman Jake Auchincloss. The event will discuss themes from The Atlantic’s special November issue, “The Unfinished Revolution,” exploring 250 years of the American experiment and the history and lessons of the country’s founding era. Livestream tickets are available here, and are free for Atlantic subscribers.
The Atlantic will hold events in the following cities in the first part of 2026; more details and ticketing will be announced. Readers can sign up for event updates here.
- January: Phoenix; and Sante Fe, New Mexico
- February: Miami
- March: New Orleans; and Durham, North Carolina
- April: Omaha, Nebraska
- May: Salt Lake City
The Atlantic Across America tour is part of the magazine’s broader efforts to engage more deeply with subscribers and readers, to reach new audiences, and to serve more areas with its journalism. The Atlantic has been significantly expanding its reach over the past decade and is a year into an editorial expansion that has added nearly 50 newsroom jobs. The magazine continues to set new records for subscribers and overall revenue. This fall, The Atlantic began offering every public U.S. high school free digital subscriptions, and now nearly 1,300 high schools have free access to The Atlantic’s journalism and 168-year archive.
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