The Stupidest Crimes Imaginable
The federal indictment of Donald Trump depicts a man who knew that what he was doing was wrong and went to great lengths to cover it up.
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Brendan Smialowski / Getty This Indictment Is Different
As Trump faces federal charges, the evidence seems stronger, and the legal issues simpler.
Photo-illustration by The Atlantic. Sources: ABC; Peter Kramer / HBO How the Daytime Soap Opera Took Over Prestige Television
Daytime soaps, unfairly maligned for too long, might seem in danger of extinction. But prime-time prestige television has absorbed their DNA.
Photo-illustration by Joanne Imperio / The Atlantic. Source: Library of Congress; Pictorial Press / Alamy Don’t Censor Racism Out of the Past
The classic movie The French Connection was stealth edited to remove an offensive exchange.
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