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Michal Fludra / NurPhoto / Getty / The … The Disturbing New Hybrid of Democracy and Autocracy
In Poland and elsewhere, rulers—and the oligarchs who help them—have figured out how to create a one-party state without the hassle of staging a coup.
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Artur Widak / NurPhoto / Getty / Mindaugas … Other Regimes Will Hijack Planes Too
If Belarus gets away with it, authoritarian dictators around the world will have a new tool of oppression.
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Babuskinsky District Court Press Service / AP Navalny Has a Lesson for the World
The Russian opposition leader is showing what courage means.
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Adam Maida / The Atlantic What America’s Vaccination Campaign Proves to the World
The U.S. stumbled early in the pandemic, but the vaccine rollout could reboot the country’s image.
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BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI / AFP / Getty The Science of Making Americans Hurt Their Own Country
A new report lays bare why Russian disinformation succeeds.
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Illustration by Yoshi Sodeoka; images by Universal History … How to Put Out Democracy’s Dumpster Fire
Our democratic habits have been killed off by an internet kleptocracy that profits from disinformation, polarization, and rage. Here’s how to fix that.
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Getty / Paul Spella / The Atlantic A Real Place Deserves Real Rights
Statehood for Washington, D.C., is a matter of justice.
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The Atlantic Frustration Is Spreading Faster Than the Vaccine Is
America’s distribution plan is no more fair or logical than a Soviet-style queue for cabbage.
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Craig Ruttle / Redux Coexistence Is the Only Option
Millions of Americans sympathize with the Capitol insurrection. Everyone else must figure out how to live alongside them.
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Alex Wong / Getty Europeans Recognize Trumpism for What It Is
The foreign minister of tiny Luxembourg called the president a “pyromaniac,” and the criticism was too much for Mike Pompeo.
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JOSEPH PREZIOSO / AFP / Kent Nishimura / … What Trump and His Mob Taught the World About America
The allure of democracy was the nation’s best asset abroad, but the president squandered it by inciting political violence.
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Leah Millis / Reuters Trump and His Heirs Dream of Endless Victory
By falsely insisting that he won, the defeated president leaves a blueprint for the GOP’s future.
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Alex Edelman / Getty Why Won’t Emily Murphy Just Do Her Job?
In delaying the transition, the General Services Administration chief is acting like an ideologue.
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The Atlantic The World Is Never Going Back to Normal
Other countries are learning to live without America. Biden can’t restore the pre-Trump status quo.
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Mark Makela / Getty Trump Won’t Accept Defeat. Ever.
His forever campaign is just getting started.
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Katie Martin / The Atlantic The Answer to Extremism Isn’t More Extremism
America’s left and right are radicalizing each other, and the precedents from overseas are deeply unsettling.
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Getty / The Atlantic You’re Not Supposed to Understand the Rumors About Biden
To raise doubts about the Democratic nominee, right-wing-media smears don’t even need to make sense.
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Jim Lo Scalzo / AP The U.S. Shouldn’t Be a ‘Sleazy Offshore Principality’
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse wants to curb the influence of dark money on American politics—and for good reason.
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Lan Truong How China Outsmarted the Trump Administration
While the U.S. is distracted, China is rewriting the rules of the global order.
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Anna Moneymaker / New York Times / Redux Il Donald
The president knows what Mussolini knew: Some audiences crave images that offer false reassurance and over-the-top displays of power.
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