Saahil Desai
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Lily Lambie-Kiernan Restaurants Have a New Problem, and It Has Red Eyes and Is Super Loud
Cicadas could turn outdoor dining into a total nightmare.
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GARRY OWENS / GALLERYSTOCK For One Glorious Summer, Americans Will Vacation Like the French
Workers are on the verge of going bonkers with their PTO.
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Paco Freire / SOPA / LightRocket / Getty I Want to Look Damn Good When the World Sees Me Again
Life is coming back, and Americans are working out to get ready for it.
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Getty / The Atlantic ‘What If You Just Don’t Tell Anyone?’
Why some people pretend they never had COVID-19
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Nate Palmer Joe Biden’s Man on the Left
Jared Bernstein says progressives are getting the Democratic nominee all wrong.
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Nicolò Campo / Getty You Should Already Be in Lockdown
“Six feet away” just doesn’t cut it.
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The Atlantic Politics Daily: Where Are the Billionaires?
Remember when Michael Bloomberg spent about $500 million running for president? Plus: What if checkpoints come to the U.S. to help slow the spread of COVID-19?
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The Atlantic Politics Daily: A Mid-Apocalyptic Democratic Primary Night
Joe Biden keeps on winning. Plus: Is it time for Bernie Sanders to drop out?
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The Atlantic Politics Daily: This Is What Democracy (in a Pandemic) Looks Like
Managing the voting booth in the time of a pandemic. Plus: COVID-19 cases have been reported in all 50 states—here’s one essay on how to prepare for the worst.
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Gabriela Bhaskar / The New York Times / … The Real Lesson of the College Closures
Outside the Ivy League, students who go home for the semester are at risk of leaving school for good.
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The Atlantic Politics Daily: Remember the Election?
The governor of Ohio recommended this evening that the state postpone Tuesday’s primary voting until June. Plus: The winner of last night’s debate? The coronavirus.
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The Atlantic Politics Daily: Congress Isn't Ready for the Coronavirus
Why the U.S. is so behind on COVID-19 testing. Plus: Remote work was thought of being the future for office work. The coronavirus outbreak has hastened that experiment.
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The Atlantic Politics Daily: The Dangerous Misnaming of the Coronavirus
The president went out of his way to spin COVID-19 as a menace coming from abroad, referring to its source as a “foreign virus.” Plus: The staggering heartlessness toward the elderly.
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The Atlantic Politics Daily: Running for President During an Epidemic
Out with the handshakes, in with the hand sanitizer—Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders have both canceled rallies planned for tonight. Plus: From “Never Trump” to “Why not.”
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The Atlantic Politics Daily: When Everyone Stays Home
What mass quarantines could look like in the U.S. (hint: trying to implement them at scale would be a mess). Plus: The empty public spaces of a world amidst outbreak.
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The Atlantic Politics Daily: The Strongest Evidence Yet That America Is Botching Coronavirus Testing
Just how few Americans have actually been tested for the coronavirus, despite administration promises? Plus: The moment that marked the rise of an extensive jihadist network in the United States.
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The Atlantic Politics Daily: Elizabeth Warren Was Punished for Her Competence
Some theories from strategists and analysts about what went wrong in Elizabeth Warren’s presidential run. Plus: Obama hasn’t endorsed, and probably won’t soon.
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The Atlantic Politics Daily: Biden’s Super Tuesday
Joe Biden’s not only back from the wilderness: He’s a Democratic front-runner again. Plus: how to spend half a billion spent and win zero states.
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The Atlantic Politics Daily: The Factors Shaking Up Super Tuesday
Who will get the votes? More than 1,300 delegates are up for grabs. Plus: This Texas representative being primaried by the AOC left seems unfazed.
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The Atlantic Politics Daily: Bernie Sanders’s Biggest Threat
Slowly, and then all at once. That’s how the 2020 Democratic presidential candidates have departed the race. Plus: Sanders’s biggest threat isn’t a rival candidate.
