Picture of the Day: October Snowfall in the Northeast
An image from a NASA satellite shows the remaining snow from last weekend's storm More »
Rebecca J. Rosen is a senior associate editor at The Atlantic. She was previously an associate editor at The Wilson Quarterly, where she spearheaded the magazine's In Essence section.
An image from a NASA satellite shows the remaining snow from last weekend's storm More »
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