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Ilja C. Hendel / laif / Redux How to Disable Putin’s Energy Weapon
Only by integrating Europe into a better network of energy security can NATO truly protect its members.
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Charlie Riedel / AP Biden Won Big With a Bad Hand
Relative to its strength in Congress, the Biden administration has proved outstandingly successful.
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Scott Olson / Getty The West’s Nuclear Mistake
No government that really regarded climate change as its top energy priority would close nuclear plants before the end of their useful lives.
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Brendan Smialowski / AFP / Getty It Wasn’t a Hoax
People with scant illusions about Trump are volunteering to help him execute one of his Big Lies.
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Jarle H. Moe / PYMCA / Universal / … Steve Bannon Knows Exactly What He’s Doing
The fight over January 6 is about much more than the law.
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Elijah Nouvelage / Bloomberg / Getty; Chandan Khanna … Revenge of the Donald
Nostalgia and resentment could be enough to catapult Trump back into the presidency.
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Justin Sullivan / John Moore / St. Louis … Trump May Not Have to Steal 2024
The former president could still win fair and square if Biden lets these five problems spiral.
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Adam Maida / The Atlantic Where’s the Cheap Beef?
The rising prices at the supermarket checkout are a problem with no simple explanation. But Democratic hopes may depend on finding the right answer.
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Nicolas Messyaz / SIPA / AP France Is Mad
But not that mad.
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Getty / The Atlantic What the Never Trumpers Want Now
The former cultural core of the GOP is exiting the party. The Democrats should keep those voters in their corner. Here’s how to do it.
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Getty ; The Atlantic Texas Republicans Got What They Wanted. They Might Regret It.
Until now, Republicans have had a lucrative, no-risk way to rail against abortion. But accountability is coming.
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Gabriela Pesqueira How to Persuade Americans to Give Up Their Guns
The way to reduce gun violence is by convincing ordinary, “responsible” handgun owners that their weapons make them, their families, and those around them less safe.
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Getty / The Atlantic The Two Blows America Is Dealing to the Taliban
The exit from Afghanistan may seem like a failure. But it can also be seen as a display of power.
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Sebastiano Tomada / Sipa USA / AP The One Thing That Could’ve Changed the War in Afghanistan
Had Osama bin Laden been killed or captured in December 2001, justice would have been served in the way Americans like: fast, hard, and cheap.
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Eva Marie Uzcategui / Getty Don’t Let Anyone Normalize January 6
If you can shrug it off as just another incident of Trump talking too much, then you have already signed up for the next incident—and the one after that.
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Getty; The Atlantic Time for Covidnomics
Government has done what it can. Now we need to use the power of free markets to fight the pandemic.
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Getty; The Atlantic Vaccinated America Has Had Enough
In the United States, this pandemic could be almost over by now. The reasons it’s still going are pretty clear.
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Adam Maida / The Atlantic There’s a Word for What Trumpism Is Becoming
The relentless messaging by Trump and his supporters has inflicted a measurable wound on American democracy.
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Leigh Vogel / Getty Haiti and the Trump Illusion
The U.S. cannot wall itself off from the troubles facing its neighbors.
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Alamy / Los Angeles Examiner / Corbis / … The Other July 4
On July 4, 1776, the United States committed itself to a set of principles. It did not always live up to those words. But the words exerted their own power.
