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The Atlantic Daily: What We Know About Boosters

The next bit of COVID-booster news is here. A picture of our vaccine future is slowly coming into view.

• Caroline Mimbs Nyce
• October 15, 2021

The Atlantic Daily: The Real 2024 Election Nightmare

Start preparing for Trump versus Biden, round two.

• Caroline Mimbs Nyce
• October 13, 2021

The Atlantic Daily: A Poem for a Fall Weekend

Fall is starting to feel like it’s really settling in. Appreciate the season before it’s gone. Then: Our critics discuss Ted Lasso, man of the hour.

• Caroline Mimbs Nyce
• October 8, 2021

The Atlantic Daily: The Big Wait

All kinds of things are out of stock. Why? Then: So … about the “bad art friend.”

• Caroline Mimbs Nyce
• October 8, 2021

The Atlantic Daily: American Democracy Is Still in Danger

January 6 felt like a climax in Trump-era politics. But the country is not out of the woods yet.

• Caroline Mimbs Nyce
• October 6, 2021

The Atlantic Daily: Four Pandemic Mistakes America Can’t Quit

We’ve learned so much about how to live with COVID-19. But we still can’t seem to get certain things right.

• Caroline Mimbs Nyce
• October 5, 2021

The Atlantic Daily: Biden Is Playing the Long Game

It’s a big week for Democrats on Capitol Hill. Then: Instagram is like booze, one of our writers argues.

• Caroline Mimbs Nyce
• September 29, 2021

The Atlantic Daily: Our Critic’s Fall TV Guide

Get ready for fall TV. Here are seven premieres to put on your calendar.

• Shirley Li
• September 24, 2021

The Atlantic Daily: The Booster-Shot Rollout Is a Mess

Plus: why David Lynch’s 1984 film, Dune, is worth a rewatch

• Caroline Mimbs Nyce
• September 23, 2021

The Atlantic Daily: Immunity Is Redefining COVID-19

Breakthrough infections appear to be shorter and less severe. Soon, we’ll need to adjust our perception of COVID-19, the illness.

• Caroline Mimbs Nyce
• September 22, 2021

The Atlantic Daily: What Are the Legal Rights of Deceased Black Americans?

This fall, the Massachusetts Supreme Court will hear arguments in a case against Harvard over its ownership of two 1850 daguerreotypes of enslaved people.

• Caroline Mimbs Nyce
• September 16, 2021

The Atlantic Daily: A New Phase of Pandemic Uncertainty

First: Pandemic data are always confusing. The Delta variant and vaccines are only making things more complicated. Then: ​​So, how about those Met Gala outfits?

• Caroline Mimbs Nyce
• September 15, 2021

The Atlantic Daily: How to Make Sense of COVID Data in the Delta Era

Pandemic data are always confusing. The Delta variant and vaccines are only making things more complicated.

• Caroline Mimbs Nyce
• September 14, 2021

The Atlantic Daily: 20 Years of Grief

For those who lost loved ones on 9/11, grief is anything but linear.

• Caroline Mimbs Nyce
• September 10, 2021

The Atlantic Daily: The Roe v. Wade Baby Tells Her Story

Now a 51-year-old mother of three, Shelley Lynn Thornton is speaking out for the first time.

• Caroline Mimbs Nyce
• September 9, 2021

The Atlantic Daily: The Fight Over Pandemic Mandates Is Different Now

With a quarter of American adults still yet to get a shot, legal and cultural tussles over vaccine and mask requirements are doomed to go on for a while.

• Caroline Mimbs Nyce
• September 8, 2021

The Atlantic Daily: Kids Are In For Another Messy School Year

Another strange school year begins. Then: One of the buzziest book releases of the year is here.

• Caroline Mimbs Nyce
• September 7, 2021

The Atlantic Daily: Is Waning Immunity Actually a Crisis?

The White House might’ve gotten a bit ahead of itself on booster shots. Then: This Labor Day weekend, we debate 2021’s song of the summer.

• Caroline Mimbs Nyce
• September 3, 2021

The Atlantic Daily: How Texas Citizens Won the Right to Be Anti-Abortion Vigilantes

The new Texas abortion law thrives on technicalities.

• Caroline Mimbs Nyce
• September 2, 2021

The Atlantic Daily: COVID-19 Long-Haulers Want More

Long COVID remains one of the biggest unanswered questions of this pandemic.

• Caroline Mimbs Nyce
• September 1, 2021