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| 2025 | National-security leaders in the Trump administration accidentally included The Atlantic editor Jeffrey Goldberg in a group chat discussing military strikes on the Houthis. |
| 2025 | Planned resumption of monthly publication. |
| 2024 | Published a special 24-article issue titled 'If Trump Wins', warning about potential consequences of a second Trump term. |
| 2024 | Reported crossing one million subscribers and becoming profitable. Also won the award for general excellence by the American Society of Magazine Editors. Announced plans to resume monthly publication in 2025. |
| October 2024 | The publication endorsed Democratic nominee Kamala Harris in her presidential bid against Trump. |
| February 5 2024 | The Atlantic cut ties with contributor Yascha Mounk after he was accused of rape, which he denied as 'categorically untrue'. |
| January 14 2024 | A settlement was reached in the Japanese legal action, leading to numerous removals, corrections, and clarifications. |
| 2023 | Won the award for general excellence by the American Society of Magazine Editors. |
| August 11 2023 | First episode of Washington Week with The Atlantic broadcast with Jeffrey Goldberg as moderator. |
| August 2 2023 | Announced that Jeffrey Goldberg would become Washington Week's tenth moderator and enter into an editorial partnership with the television program. |
| 2022 | Writers won Pulitzer Prizes for feature writing. The magazine also won the award for general excellence by the American Society of Magazine Editors. |
| January 7 2022 | Ruth Shalit Barrett sued The Atlantic for defamation, claiming the magazine misrepresented her background and damaged her journalistic career. |
| 2020 | The Atlantic endorsed Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and urged readers to oppose Trump's re-election. |
| December 2020 | Nicholas Thompson, former Wired editor-in-chief, was named CEO of The Atlantic. |
| November 1 2020 | The Atlantic retracted the article 'The Mad, Mad World of Niche Sports Among Ivy League–Obsessed Parents' by Ruth Shalit Barrett due to credibility concerns. |
| September 2020 | The Atlantic published a controversial story citing anonymous sources claiming Trump referred to dead American soldiers as 'losers', which Trump denied as a 'fake story'. |
| June 2020 | The Atlantic faced legal action in Japan over the article 'When the Presses Stop' by Molly Ball, leading to removals, corrections, and clarifications after a settlement in January 2024. |
| June 2020 | The Atlantic released its first full-length documentary, 'White Noise', about three alt-right activists. |
| June 18 2020 | CityLab was relaunched by Bloomberg Media with new branding and links to other Bloomberg verticals. |
| 2019 | The magazine published an expose on movie director Bryan Singer's allegations, which was originally intended for Esquire magazine but transferred due to editorial concerns. |
| December 2019 | Atlantic Media sold CityLab to Bloomberg Media, which subsequently laid off half the staff. |
| September 2019 | TheAtlantic.com introduced a digital subscription model, limiting unsubscribed readers to five free articles per month. |
| May 2019 | Adrienne LaFrance became executive editor of The Atlantic. |
| March 2019 | Editor Yoni Appelbaum published a cover article calling for the impeachment of Donald Trump, arguing it was time for Congress to judge the president's fitness to serve. |
| July 28 2017 | Laurene Powell Jobs acquired majority ownership of The Atlantic through her Emerson Collective organization. |
| 2016 | The editorial board endorsed Hillary Clinton for president, marking only the third time in the magazine's history that they endorsed a candidate, specifically rebuking Republican Donald Trump's candidacy. |
| 2016 | Named Magazine of the Year by the American Society of Magazine Editors. |
| October 2016 | Jeffrey Goldberg was named editor-in-chief of The Atlantic. |
| March 2016 | Bob Cohn became the sole president of The Atlantic after James Bennet was selected to lead The New York Times' editorial page. |
| January 2016 | TheAtlantic.com redesigned and expanded its politics section in conjunction with the 2016 U.S. presidential race. |
| 2015 | CityLab and Univision launched CityLab Latino, featuring original Spanish journalism and translated reporting from CityLab.com. |
| 2015 | TheAtlantic.com launched a dedicated Science section. |
| 2015 | Jeffrey Goldberg's 'Obama Doctrine' cover story was widely discussed by American media and prompted responses from world leaders. |
| 2014 | CityLab was rebranded as CityLab.com, expanding its coverage to include transportation, environment, equity, life, and design. |
| 2014 | Published Ta-Nehisi Coates's cover story 'A Case for Reparations'. |
| January 2014 | James Bennet and Bob Cohn became co-presidents of The Atlantic. |
| January 14 2013 | The Atlantic published controversial 'sponsor content' promoting David Miscavige of the Church of Scientology, which was later removed and followed by an apology after criticism of moderated comments. |
| 2012 | Published Anne Marie Slaughter's influential cover story 'Why Women Still Can't Have It All'. |
| December 2011 | The Atlantic launched a new Health Channel on TheAtlantic.com, covering topics related to food, mind, body, sex, family, and public health, overseen by Nicholas Jackson. |
| September 2011 | The Atlantic launched CityLab, a separate website exploring innovative ideas and issues facing global cities, co-founded by urban theorist Richard Florida. |
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