Annie Lowrey
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Getty / The Atlantic How to Make Sure Trump and People Like Him Pay Taxes
Solutions include: a stronger IRS, a wealth tax, and less complexity.
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BRITTANY HOSEA-SMALL / AFP / Getty The U.S. Is on the Path to Destruction
Climate change is killing Americans and destroying the country’s physical infrastructure.
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The Bunker Magnates Hate to Say They Told You So
Our paranoid moment has ushered in a run on supplements, survivalist gear, and all manner of prepper accommodations. Welcome to the age of conspiracy capitalism.
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The Atlantic All That Performative Environmentalism Adds Up
Don’t depersonalize climate change.
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Shutterstock / The Atlantic The Party of No Content
Republicans are remarkably quiet on how they would govern and what they seek to accomplish in the coming years.
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Getty / The Atlantic The Lesson Americans Never Learn
Trying to replace the government with personal initiative requires an impossible amount of energy.
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Jeenah Moon / Bloomberg / Getty The Underemployment Crisis
Even before the pandemic, roughly one in 10 workers wanted to log more hours.
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Adam Maida Beware of Facts Man
Facts Man is less about truth than raising questions. Why can’t Facts Man talk about certain issues in exactly the way he wants to?
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Smith Collection / Getty / The Atlantic Poverty Is a Choice
Extreme poverty has declined, but the line is very low.
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Bryan Anselm / Redux Now We’ll Know What the Recession Feels Like
Congress is severing a lifeline for millions of Americans.
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Spencer Platt / Getty The Terrifying Next Phase of the Coronavirus Recession
The U.S. prioritized the economy over public health—and got the worst of both worlds.
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Shutterstock / The Atlantic The Pandemic Proved That Cash Payments Work
An extra $600 a week buys freedom from fear.
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Constance Bannister / Image Source / Getty / … A Cheap, Race-Neutral Way to Close the Racial Wealth Gap
It’s time to try baby bonds.
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Getty / The Atlantic Don’t Bet on a Quick Recovery
The president of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco discusses the pandemic, the diversity crisis in economics, and monetary policy.
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REMKO DE WAAL / ANP / AFP / … The Workplace Powers That Employees Need
The pandemic exposed hazardous conditions, and workers should have a say in fixing them.
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The Atlantic The Second Great Depression
At least four major factors are terrifying economists and weighing on the recovery.
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Scott Heins / Getty Defund the Police
America needs to rethink its priorities for the whole criminal-justice system.
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Ricardo Arduengo / Getty This Summer Will Scar Young Americans for Life
With jobs and internships canceled, Generation Z is entering a summer of uncertainty—and the damage could last forever.
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Chip Somodevilla / David Degner / Joe Raedle … Don’t Blame Econ 101 for the Plight of Essential Workers
They’ve been systematically devalued for years. But they don’t have to be.
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Elena Dorfman / Redux The Small-Business Die-Off Is Here
Many small businesses won’t survive, and that will change the landscape of American commerce for years to come.
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