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Taylor Crul / U.S. Air Force / Getty Escape From Afghanistan
Even those with a visa must endure harrowing conditions on their way to freedom.
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Wakil Kohsar / AFP / Getty We Have One Last Chance to Save Our Allies
If the United States acts now, it can still evacuate tens of thousands of Afghans whose lives are at risk for the aid they gave us.
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Paula Bronstein / Getty Biden’s Betrayal of Afghans Will Live in Infamy
Our abandonment of the Afghans who helped us, counted on us, and staked their lives on us is a final, gratuitous shame that we could have avoided.
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Adam Schultz / The White House The Fifth Narrative
Can the Biden administration build a more equal America?
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Illustration by Paul Spella; image by Henny Ray … 9/11 Was a Warning of What Was to Come
It was the first sign that the 21st century would be a period of shock and disaster.
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David Hume Kennerly / Getty How Rumsfeld Deserves to Be Remembered
America’s worst secretary of defense never expressed a quiver of regret.
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Joe Raedle / Getty It’s Not Too Late to Avert a Historic Shame
As the U.S. military prepares to leave Afghanistan, it’s running out of time to evacuate the Afghans who have helped the United States.
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Lucy Jones How America Fractured Into Four Parts
People in the United States no longer agree on the nation’s purpose, values, history, or meaning. Is reconciliation possible?
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Getty / The Atlantic Can Civics Save America?
Teaching civics could restore health to American democracy, or inflame our mutual antagonisms.
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Nguyen Ngoc Luong / The New York Times … Biden Can Redeem His Mistake
In 1975, he failed to see what America owed the Vietnamese who had bet their lives on American promises.
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Bill Clark / CQ Roll Call / Getty The Man Who Waited 50 Years for This Moment
Fred Wertheimer is ready to seize the opportunity to reform America’s campaign-finance laws.
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Getty / Adam Maida / The Atlantic A Debt of Honor
The U.S. must fulfill its responsibilities to the Afghans who put their trust and lives in American hands.
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Larry Burrows / The LIFE Picture Collection / … The Women Who Changed War Reporting
Two new books show that diversifying the ranks of journalists served to diversify the kinds of stories that get told to the American public.
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Photo Rendering by Patrick White A Political Obituary for Donald Trump
The effects of his reign will linger. But democracy survived.
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Pete Souza / The White House Obama’s Memoir Is an Exercise in Ironic Realism
The former president’s detachment allowed him to see the emerging political landscape before others did—and kept the presidency from extinguishing his literary light.
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Shutterstock / The Atlantic Face the Bitter Truth
We are two countries, and neither of them is going to be conquered or disappear anytime soon.
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Moises Saman/Magnum Donald Trump’s Refugee Policy Is Bureaucratic Sadism
The president’s rollicking abuse of refugees and the answering jeers of his fans are a frank confession of moral rottenness.
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Brendan Smialowski / AFP / Getty Republicans Are Suddenly Afraid of Democracy
In a series of tweets, Senator Mike Lee laid the groundwork to contest the results or block an elected majority from governing.
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The Atlantic Trump Is Trying to Trick Americans Into Giving Up on Democracy
For the election to succeed, voters must think and act as if it will succeed.
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Getty / The Atlantic The Inside Story of the Mueller Probe’s Mistakes
In a new book, Andrew Weissmann, one of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s top deputies, lays out the limits and letdowns of the years-long Russia investigation.
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