Alex Wong / Chet Strange/ Sarah Silbiger / Bloomberg / Getty / The Atlantic 5 Pandemic Mistakes We Keep Repeating The assumptions made by public officials, and the choices made by media, too often backfired. Zeynep Tufekci
Photograph by Aaron Turner; archival image from Library of Congress Stories of Slavery, From Those Who Survived It Clint Smith
Murderers Should Be Called Murderers Frequently and to their faces Graeme Wood BULENT KILIC / AFP / Getty
The Total Absurdity of Outdoor Dining Structures Are you even still “outside” if you’re in a completely enclosed space? Steve Macone Wang Ying / Xinhua / Getty
The Sports League That Refuses to Court Certain Fans The National Women’s Hockey League distanced itself from a Barstool Sports endorsement, sparking a firestorm about how teams should build their audiences. Maggie Mertens T. Fallon / Bloomberg / Maddie Meyer / Getty / The Atlantic
The Republican Party Is Now in Its End Stages The GOP has become, in form if not in content, the Communist Party of the Soviet Union of the late 1970s. Tom Nichols Getty / The Atlantic
Library of Congress / Getty / The Atlantic The Prices on Your Monopoly Board Hold a Dark Secret The property values of the popular game reflect a legacy of racism and inequality. Mary Pilon
The Atlantic Daily: A Guide to America’s Awkward, Semi-Vaccinated Months Isabel Fattal February 25, 2021