Conor Friedersdorf
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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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Mark Peterson / Redux Don’t Read This If You Were a Rush Limbaugh Fan
The talk-radio host, who died this week, hurt the conservative movement.
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Valdary (CC-BY-SA 4.0) / The Atlantic Can Chloé Valdary Sell Skeptics on DEI?
Valdary’s Theory of Enchantment elicits unusual openness, trust, and engagement from ideologically diverse observers.
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M. Scott Brauer / Redux How Early Trump Supporters Feel Now
The former president’s 2015 backers, in their own words
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Christopher Griffin / Handout / Reuters America’s Shadow Death Row
The government does not exclusively kill people who are on death row. It condemns many to die by drone strike.
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Getty / The Atlantic Don’t Overreact to the Capitol Riots
While punishing insurrection, Americans should guard against the unjust and the counterproductive.
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Getty / The Atlantic America Is Paying the Price for Right-Wing Pandering
Many on the right still won’t acknowledge that Trump egged on his most deluded and dangerous supporters.
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SAUL LOEB / AFP / Getty My January 6 Nightmare
A lame duck’s deadly last hurrah
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Jonathan Twingley The Best Punishment for a Horrible Year
No one will miss 2020.
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Getty / The Atlantic The Public-Health Value of Speaking Plainly
An interview with the infectious-disease expert and community health provider Lisa Fitzpatrick
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Getty / The Atlantic Why Matthew Yglesias Left Vox
He is the latest high-profile writer to abandon traditional media.
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The Atlantic The Death Toll of Donald Trump’s Delay Tactics
Tens of thousands may die between now and President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration.
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Shutterstock / The Atlantic Why California Rejected Racial Preferences, Again
A majority voted against repealing the state’s ban on affirmative action.
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ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP / Getty / The … 5 Questions for Undecided Voters
Instead of focusing solely on how the candidates would behave in the Oval Office, consider how each man is likely to inspire others to behave.
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Shutterstock / The Atlantic Should the Professional Be Political?
A Silicon Valley controversy raises questions about the role of activism in the workplace.
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