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Larry Mayer / The Billings Gazette / AP Why the U.S. Isn’t Shooting Down the Chinese Spy Balloon
Homeland-security threats and national-security threats demand different responses.
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Brad Vest / The New York Times / … Why Memphis Is Different
Because of the sheer prevalence of police brutality in America, public officials have gotten better at managing the shock.
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Mark Peterson / Redux The Prospect of Prison Time Spoils Far-Right Fantasies
Making extremist leaders answer for their actions will deter future violence.
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Jason Connolly / AFP / Getty Rethinking ‘Run, Hide, Fight’
Our mass-shooting guidance may be woefully out of date.
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AP; Joanne Imperio / The Atlantic Trump Endorsed QAnon Because He’s Stuck
He’s grasping at straws, not solidifying his political base.
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Eva Marie Uzcategui / Bloomberg / Getty Why Trump’s Safe Was Not Safe
U.S. national security depends upon our allies’ ability to trust us with intelligence. Mar-a-Lago was no place to keep top-secret documents.
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Peter Zay / Anadolu Agency / Getty The Bad and Good News About Trump’s Violent Supporters
The FBI search at Mar-a-Lago prompts sincere talk of violence. But some threats remain mere threats.
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Drew Angerer / Getty Trump’s Savviest Aides Already Headed for the Exits
The hearings give the former president’s followers a new excuse to quietly back away.
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Mark Mulville / The Buffalo News / AP A ‘Lone-Wolf’ Shooter Has an Online Pack
Even when a shooter acts alone, their ideology is often shared.
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Jim Watson / Getty; The Atlantic Biden Is Rightsizing the COVID Crisis
The president continues to push for accommodating individual preferences rather than promoting collective solutions to the coronavirus.
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Mario Tama / Getty Some Threats Just Keep Coming in Waves
COVID seems like a new problem, but Americans know how to raise and lower their guard when circumstances change.
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Getty; The Atlantic Fukushima’s Earthquakes Show That Risk Is Inevitable
By accepting risk and planning for failure, communities are more likely to survive catastrophes.
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Brandon Bell / Getty A Synagogue Shouldn’t Be a Fortress
Security experts maximize defenses. But places of worship need to remain welcoming.
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Getty; The Atlantic The Pandemic Is Ending With a Whimper
The decision to move on to the recovery phase needs to be made by politicians, not scientists.
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John Lamparski / NurPhoto / AP Vaccine Refusers Don’t Get to Dictate Terms Anymore
People who opt out of shots shouldn’t expect their employers, health insurers, and fellow citizens to accommodate them.
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Angel Garcia / Bloomberg / Getty Unvaccinated People Need to Bear the Burden
Beyond limiting the coronavirus’s flow from hot spots to the rest of the country, allowing only vaccinated people on domestic flights will change minds, too.
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Adam Maida / The Atlantic Don’t Wait for Herd Immunity
We may never reach the point when viral spread stops, but a strategy of minimizing risk—not eliminating it—can help Americans reclaim normalcy.
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Mark Power / Magnum The Border Mess That Trump Left Behind
Reversing the previous administration’s cruelties isn’t the same as an unconditional welcome.
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Drew Angerer / Getty How MAGA Extremism Ends
If Trump keeps losing, the risk of future violence will abate.
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Jeffrey Basinger / Newsday / Getty / Maxim … The Month the Pandemic Started to End
The pandemic is unfolding as if on a split screen. The winter looks bleak, but Americans can now give themselves permission to hope for a speedy vaccine rollout.
