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How to Think About Personal Risk When COVID Case Data Can’t Be Trusted
The numbers do still have some use, even if they’re less illuminating than before.
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The Atlantic The Atlantic Daily: The Real Secret to Satisfaction
True satisfaction requires letting go, Arthur C. Brooks writes in our magazine cover story.
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Mario Tama / Getty The Atlantic Daily: America Still Isn’t Ready for the Next Pandemic
That the U.S. has now logged more than 900,000 deaths due to COVID is somehow both unimaginable and unsurprising.
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The Atlantic The Atlantic Daily: People Really, Really Hate the Future of the Internet
Will the big promises of Web3 and crypto ever come to fruition? Or will it all turn out to be a fever dream?
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The Atlantic The Atlantic Daily: COVID Will Surprise Us Again
Coronavirus cases are, once again, dropping in the United States. But the virus isn’t done with us yet.
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The Atlantic The Atlantic Daily: Vladimir Putin Is Testing U.S. Foreign Policy
And scrambling domestic politics too.
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The Atlantic The Atlantic Daily: Biden’s Saigon
America’s chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan represents a moral failure, George Packer argues.
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Getty; The Atlantic The Atlantic Daily: Six Podcast Episodes to Stream This Weekend
Grab your headphones. Our staff suggests a few classic podcast episodes for this final weekend of January.
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The Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve building is … The Atlantic Daily: The Fed Wants to Cool the Economy. What Does That Mean for You?
Here’s what might happen if interest rates are raised.
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The Atlantic Daily: Parents Have Hit Their Pandemic Bottom
The Omicron surge has left them screaming into the abyss.
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The Atlantic Daily: This Might Not Be the Last Surge
Where will Omicron leave us in the fight against the coronavirus?
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Jakob Volk/United Archives/ Getty The Atlantic Daily: Six Poems to Bring You Comfort This Winter
We’re fumbling our way through another challenging January. Writers and editors from around our newsroom share the poems that they’re turning to this month.
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The Atlantic The Atlantic Daily: America Sounds the Alarm on Russia-Ukraine
Russia could invade Ukraine at any moment, the White House has warned.
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The Atlantic The Atlantic Daily: The Workers Who Bear the Brunt of the Omicron Surge
As many Americans sit in a weird pandemic limbo, essential workers bear the brunt of the Omicron surge.
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Getty; The Atlantic The Atlantic Daily: Eight Books to Read This Winter
Our writers and editors share recommendations to bring you comfort, meaning, delight, or distraction—or a mix of all four!—this season.
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The Atlantic The Atlantic Daily: Biden’s Vaccine Mandate for Businesses Is Dead. What Now?
The Supreme Court struck down the president’s vaccine-or-test mandate for large private companies. So where does that leave us?
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The Atlantic The Atlantic Daily: The Midterms Are Closing In on the Democrats
The election is 300 days away. What will the party in power get done before then?
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The Atlantic The Atlantic Daily: You Should Still Try to Avoid COVID Right Now
With cases soaring, you may be tempted to just give up and accept that you’re going to get COVID. Our reporters offer three reasons you should still try to avoid it, if you can.
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David L. Ryan / The Boston Globe / … The Atlantic Daily: America’s Approach to School Closures Is Unusual
Omicron is forcing us to revisit one of the most sensitive and consequential debates of the pandemic: what to do about schools.
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Getty; The Atlantic The Atlantic Daily: America Is Fumbling Its Way Through Another Major Surge
Though the primary variant in play, Omicron, is distinct, the pain points are the same.
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The Atlantic The Atlantic Daily: The Biggest Threat to America Now Isn’t a Coup
It’s been one year since the Capitol riot. American democracy is no safer today than it was that afternoon. Plus: Our happiness columnist offers some advice on charitable giving.
