Why Democrats Are Losing the Culture War
The booming right-wing influencer ecosystem helped reelect Donald Trump—and the other side may not have an answer.
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How do we move forward, as a nation, without looking at strangers as potential enemies?
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Alex Wroblewski / AFP / Getty Trump Voters Got What They Wanted
Those who expect that Donald Trump will hurt others, and not them, are likely to be unpleasantly surprised.
Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Allison Joyce / AFP via Getty Democrats Actually Had Quite a Good Night in North Carolina
Kamala Harris lost the state, but many down-ballot races went their way.
Illustration by Jan Buchczik How to Deal With Disappointment
Not getting what you want is an unavoidable part of life. The way you choose to handle it is what you can control.
Arin Yoon / The Washington Post / Getty How Trump Neutralized His Abortion Problem
Voters seemed willing to back both state referenda enshrining reproductive rights and the candidate whose Supreme Court appointees overturned Roe.
Are We Living in a Different America?
A postelection conversation with staff writers Anne Applebaum and McKay Coppins
Why Biden’s Team Thinks Harris Lost
Embedded in their autopsies was their own unstated faith that they could have done better.
Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Anna Moneymaker / Getty. How America Got Mean
In a culture devoid of moral education, generations are growing up in a morally inarticulate, self-referential world. (From 2023)
Illustration by Ricardo Tomás Why Study History?
Civic education can help us to see that not all problems have solutions, to live with tentative answers, to accept compromise, to embrace responsibilities as well as rights—to understand that democracy is a way of living, not a settled destination. (From 1988)
The Atlantic The First Troll
The wicked vendettas of Thomas De Quincey, the author of Confessions of an English Opium-Eater (From 2016)
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Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Samuel Corum / AFP / Getty. radio atlantic•Episode 98Are We Living in a Different America?
A postelection conversation with staff writers Anne Applebaum and McKay Coppins
Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Bettmann / Getty. good on paper•Episode 23The Immigration-Wage Myth
Does the American worker have good reason to fear immigration?
Illustration by Colin Hunter / The Atlantic. Source: Twitter. we live here now•Episode 6Is Civility Enough?
What happens when you really get to know someone who is your political opposite
Illustration by Colin Hunter / The Atlantic autocracy in america•Episode 6When Neighbors Live in Different Worlds
What would you do if you found out that January 6 supporters were your new neighbors?
