Folk Culture

Geoff Duncan served as the Republican lieutenant governor of Georgia, and with his conservative suits, power ties, and neatly coiffed...

Ford didn’t invent the car, but it might as well have. The Model T—cheap, simple, and small—brought the automobile to...

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz used the potency of a single word to help propel himself onto last night’s Democratic-convention stage...

If it weren’t for Americans’ collective amnesia, politicians would have to spend considerably more time taking pains to tell the...

This is an edition of Time-Travel Thursdays, a journey through The Atlantic’s archives to contextualize the present and surface delightful...

Across the United States, homeowner’s insurance is getting more expensive. In storm-battered Florida and coastal Louisiana, they’ve gone up a...

When Bill Clinton walked onto the stage of the United Center at the Democratic National Convention last night, he received...

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One month since she entered the presidential race, Kamala Harris has a small but clear lead over Donald Trump, if...

Last week, the economics commentariat and much of the mainstream media erupted with contempt toward Kamala Harris’s proposed federal price-gouging...