The Existential Heroism of the Israeli Hostages
The release of the remaining October 7 captives shows that hope can survive even in the darkest hole.
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Benedict Arnold’s boot wouldn’t come off, and other hardships from my weekend in the Revolutionary War.
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Telling the full story of the town’s past is an easy way to make a lot of people mad.
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The Founders were inspired—and threatened—by the independence and self-governance of nations like the Iroquois Confederacy.
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In times of mass atrocity, processing personal sorrow becomes more complicated.
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Immigrant advocates face escalating consequences and threats from the president.
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The Director Who Fell in Love With Losers
Benny Safdie has built a career by capturing men on the downswing.
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The jewels of America’s landscape should belong to America’s original peoples. (From 2021)
Katy Grannan Autumnal Tints
“A great many, who have spent their lives in cities, and have never chanced to come into the country at this season, have never seen this, the flower, or rather the ripe fruit, of the year.” (From 1862)
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Fayez Nureldine / AFP / Getty radio atlantic•Episode 150Saudi Arabia Gets the Last Laugh
The Riyadh Comedy Festival is just one part of a much bigger plan.
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Former Education Secretary Margaret Spellings on testing, accountability, and how to reverse the decade-long decline in U.S. student achievement. Plus: David Frum on Donald Trump’s cult of sycophancy.
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There are authoritarian tactics already at work in the United States. To root them out, you have to know where to look.
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Younger generations are having a hard time imagining their future.
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A visit with Le-Ann Williams and her daughter, Destiny, 20 years after Hurricane Katrina
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