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1 How America Ends

A tectonic demographic shift is under way. Can the country hold together?

Yoni Appelbaum

2 Venice Underwater: The Highest Tide in 50 Years

A record-setting acqua alta has left much of Venice submerged, following stormy conditions blowing in from the Adriatic Sea.

Alan Taylor

3 A New Candidate for Obama’s Rightful Heir

Alumni of the Obama administration love Joe Biden. But some of them think that Deval Patrick is better equipped to win the presidency.

Edward-Isaac Dovere

Deval Patrick and Barack Obama prepare to high-five.

4 William Taylor's Big Impeachment Reveal

The ambassador to Ukraine detailed a previously unknown phone call involving President Trump, potentially adding to the Democrats’ case that he put his own interests above the nation’s.

Russell Berman

5 The System Was Blinking Red

The first day of impeachment hearings showed Trump’s improper bullying of Ukraine setting off alarms throughout the government.

Joshua A. Geltzer

Ambassador William Taylor during the impeachment hearings

6 Why the Trolls Booed at Don Jr.’s Event

The forces of hatred that Trump stoked to benefit himself politically are spiraling out of control.

Conor Friedersdorf

7 The Zombie Storefronts of America

If retail is dying, then pop-up shops might be what replace it.

Amanda Mull

8 It’s Not What the President Did—It’s Why He Did It

Today’s impeachment hearings depicted a president whose interest in Ukraine was personal, not policy-based.

David A. Graham

9 The Dark Psychology of Social Networks

Why it feels like everything is going haywire

Jonathan HaidtTobias Rose-Stockwell

10 How to Cut U.S. Carbon Pollution by Nearly 40 Percent in 10 Years

A bill in Congress could slash American greenhouse-gas emissions. It’s even bipartisan—if you squint.

Robinson Meyer

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1 How America Ends

2 Venice Underwater: The Highest Tide in 50 Years

3 A New Candidate for Obama’s Rightful Heir

4 William Taylor's Big Impeachment Reveal

5 The System Was Blinking Red

6 Why the Trolls Booed at Don Jr.’s Event

7 The Zombie Storefronts of America

8 It’s Not What the President Did—It’s Why He Did It

9 The Dark Psychology of Social Networks

10 How to Cut U.S. Carbon Pollution by Nearly 40 Percent in 10 Years

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