Conor Friedersdorf
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Jeenah Moon / Reuters The Conservatives Who’d Rather Die Than Not Own the Libs
Rarely has so significant a faction in American politics behaved in a way that so directly claims the life of its own supporters.
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Joseph Prezioso / AFP / Getty The Danger of Treating Everything as an Emergency
To declare a crisis without a limiting principle is to invite abuse.
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SilverwellFilms / Getty; Adam Maida / The Atlantic Your Phone Is Your Private Space
Without evidence of wrongdoing, neither public agents nor private companies should be rifling through the photos on your personal devices.
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Getty; The Atlantic Australia Traded Away Too Much Liberty
How long can a democracy maintain emergency restrictions and still call itself a free country?
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Anthony Behar / Sipa / AP The Death Toll of Delay
U.S. regulators’ overly cautious approach to risk during the pandemic has been deadly from the start.
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Elnathan John ; The Atlantic ‘When My Satire Becomes Popular, I Must Ask, What Is the Problem?’
A conversation with the novelist Elnathan John
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Getty; The Atlantic Criminal-Justice Reformers Chose the Wrong Slogan
“Defund the Police” is a disaster. Under-policing is a form of oppression too.
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Adam Maida / The Atlantic The Hate-Crime Case in Which No One Was Intimidated
A Utah arrest shows the danger of laws that let government enforcers chill speech that they don’t like.
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Emily Haasch The California Dream Is Dying
The once-dynamic state is closing the door on economic opportunity.
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Getty ; The Atlantic Critical Race Theory Is Making Both Parties Flip-Flop
The battle over teaching race in North Carolina schools prompts an ideological role reversal on both antidiscrimination and speech.
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Isabel del Rosal / The Atlantic ‘Nobody Wants White Kids to Feel Bad About Their Race’
The children’s-book author Anastasia Higginbotham and I disagree about how to teach young Americans about police killings and racism.
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The Atlantic / Alamy A Culture of Free Speech Protects Everyone
The journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones appears to be a victim of viewpoint discrimination. Academic freedom needs a vigorous defense—and not just at UNC.
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The Atlantic ‘They Learn to Parrot What They Know They’re Supposed to Say’
True inclusion requires viewpoint diversity, the educator Erin McLaughlin argues, and children should be taught how to think—not what to think.
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Adam Maida / The Atlantic / Alamy / … Put Anthony Fauci in a Dunk Tank
The three populist pillars of a new approach to vaccinating America: beer, bacon, and lottery tickets
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Alex Wroblewski The Numbers Tell a Different Story About Police Killings of Minors
Exaggerated narratives could yield misguided policy responses—which would endanger many more kids.
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Maja Hitij / Getty Not Everything Should Be a Moral Reckoning
Elon Musk’s critics are trying to dragoon Saturday Night Live into a needless political fight.
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Getty / The Atlantic A Distinctly American Problem Needs Systematic Investigation
Every police killing, like every plane crash, warrants careful review by a federal agency.
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Getty / The Atlantic The Sexual Identity That Emerged on TikTok
Amid progress toward transgender acceptance, the social-media war over “super-straight” shows how not to resolve delicate questions about dating norms.
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Mark Edward Atkinson / Christian Monterrosa / Bloomberg … ‘The Narrative Is, “You Can’t Get Ahead”’
In Evanston, Illinois, a Black parent and school-board candidate takes on a curriculum meant to combat racism.
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Adam Maida / Bettmann / Getty / The … What Happens When a Slogan Becomes the Curriculum
A curriculum inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement is spreading, raising questions about the line between education and indoctrination.
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