Saahil Desai
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Getty; The Atlantic You Don’t Know How Bad the Pizza Box Is
The delivery icon hasn’t changed in 60 years, and it’s making your food worse.
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Alamy; The Atlantic Is Food Getting Better?
The Thanksgivings of yore featured overcooked turkeys and Jell-O salad. Surely we’ve evolved.
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The Atlantic / Getty Put Your Face in Airplane Mode
Masking only at the start and end of every flight will do a lot to keep you safe.
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Scott Olson / Getty Uber Pool Is a Zombie
Shared rides are back for the first time since March 2020. Did anyone notice?
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Getty; The Atlantic It’s a Great Time to Hoard Nickels
The Ukraine crisis has shaken up prices—and sent some Americans scrambling for coins.
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iStock / Getty Restaurants Learned the Wrong Pandemic Lessons
Are we stuck with QR codes forever?
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Scott McIntyre / The New York Times / … There’s No Way Americans Will Cancel Their Travel Plans
Many people are gathering for the holidays no matter what. Here’s how to do that as safely as possible.
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John Lamparski / Getty The Grim Return of Outdoor Winter Dining
Dinner by propane light is back—for now.
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Kevin Dietsch / Getty ; The Atlantic Misinformation Is About to Get So Much Worse
A conversation with the former Google CEO Eric Schmidt
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Adam Maida / The Atlantic It Has Come to Subscription Tacos
Even Taco Bell is a tech company now.
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Daniel Reiner / Alamy; The Atlantic ‘We Were Going and I Am Not at All Sorry’
Many Americans booked travel well before COVID-19 cases started soaring. Now what?
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The Atlantic Companies Want Remote Workers in All States but 1
Businesses such as Nike and Oracle are happy to let you work from home—just not in Colorado.
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Adam Maida / The Atlantic The Pandemic Really Did Change How We Tip
Some essential workers have been compensated for pandemic risks with bonuses or higher wages. In restaurants, all they really got was better tips.
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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?
