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Vartika Sharma The Outer Limits of Liberalism
What happens when a society takes individualism to its logical conclusion?
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The Atlantic Despite Everything You Think You Know, America Is on the Right Track
Yes, America is a wounded giant—but it always has been, and the case for optimism is surprisingly strong.
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David Corio The Too-Muchness of Bono
In Dublin with the irrepressible U2 front man
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Tony Comiti / Sygma / Getty Truly Humbled to Be the Author of This Article
How to flaunt your modesty online, in three easy steps
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Illustration by Michael Houtz. Sources: Stefani Reynolds / … What Happened to American Conservatism?
The rich philosophical tradition I fell in love with has been reduced to Fox News and voter suppression.
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Photographs by Thea Traff The Benefits of Emodiversity
Becoming attuned to your more obscure emotions is good for you. So get over your stenahoria and embrace your amae.
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Adam Maida / The Atlantic The Terrifying Future of the American Right
What I saw at the National Conservatism Conference
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Kimberly Elliott How the Bobos Broke America
The creative class was supposed to foster progressive values and economic growth. Instead we got resentment, alienation, and endless political dysfunction.
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Pete Souza / The White House The Tattered Idealism of Barack Obama
If Donald Trump eroded the faith of Americans, his predecessor's memoir shows how it might be restored.
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Bryan Derballa / The New York Times / … Bruce Springsteen and the Art of Aging Well
What the happiest Springsteen album in decades can teach us about Joe Biden, the wisdom of maturity, and the meaning of life
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Linda Huang America Is Having a Moral Convulsion
Levels of trust in this country—in our institutions, in our politics, and in one another—are in precipitous decline. And when social trust collapses, nations fail. Can we get it back before it’s too late?
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Keith Meyers / New York Times / Getty Bruce Springsteen’s Playlist for the Trump Era
“I don’t know if our democracy could stand another four years of his custodianship.”
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Sueddeutsche Zeitung Photo / Alamy; Paul Spella / … The Culture of Policing Is Broken
Brutality and dehumanization are deeply embedded in many departments.
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The Atlantic A Commencement Address Too Honest to Deliver in Person
I couldn’t say these things during a traditional ceremony, but these aren’t traditional times.
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Hulton-Deutsch Collection / Corbis via Getty How to Survive the Blitz
Five lessons from 1940s Britain about national resilience and social solidarity during a crisis.
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Photo illustration: Weronika Gęsicka; Alamy The Nuclear Family Was a Mistake
The family structure we’ve held up as the cultural ideal for the past half century has been a catastrophe for many. It’s time to figure out better ways to live together.
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The Historian of Moral Revolution
Gertrude Himmelfarb argued that a great deal is lost when a society stops aiming for civic virtue and is content to aim merely for civility.
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Philip Gould / Getty How Music Made Bruce Springsteen
Since before he was the Boss, he's turned to rock and roll to create order out of an anxious and chaotic life.
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Library of Congress How the First Woman in the U.S. Cabinet Found Her Vocation
Frances Perkins discovered her calling after she witnessed one of the worst industrial disasters in American history.
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Teachers Are Fair Game
