An American magazine of news, politics, culture, and ideas founded in Boston in 1857 by figures including Ralph Waldo Emerson and Oliver Wendell Holmes. Among the most influential periodicals in American intellectual life, known for long-form journalism, political analysis, and cultural criticism.
Maintained a tradition of long-form, idea-driven journalism spanning 165+ years; served as a bellwether for American liberal intellectual opinion; published foundational works of American political and cultural discourse from abolitionism through the culture wars.
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