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Hate Wokeness? Vote Biden.

Removing the president from office should be a top priority for any voter who is genuinely concerned about the rise of illiberal forces.

• Yascha Mounk
• 6:15 AM ET

Countrypolitan Counties Will Decide the Republican Party’s Fate

In Union County, North Carolina, change is coming—and the GOP is struggling to keep up.

• David A. Graham
• 6:00 AM ET

The Atlantic Daily: How to Not Go Crazy the Week Before an Election

Welcome to the great wait.

• Caroline Mimbs Nyce
• October 25, 2020

The 11,000 Votes That Haunt Michigan Democrats

Donald Trump barely won the state in 2016. Here’s how Democrats plan to flip it back.

• Edward-Isaac Dovere
• October 25, 2020

What Was Adele Doing on Saturday Night Live?

The vocalist flaunted her personality, not her pipes—in an assertion that her stardom is bigger than singing.

• Spencer Kornhaber
• October 25, 2020

Amy Coney Barrett’s Judicial Philosophy Doesn’t Hold Up to Scrutiny

The Constitution should be the sturdy vessel of our ideals and aspirations, not a derelict sailing ship locked in the ice of a world far from our own.

• Angus King Jr. and Heather Cox Richardson
• October 25, 2020

Early December in Croton-on-Hudson

A poem by Louise Glück, published in The Atlantic in 1967

• Louise Glück
• October 25, 2020

Americans Are Losing Sight of What Fascism Means

Many Americans who brand Trump and his allies as fascists are paying too little attention to abuses in Hong Kong and cultural genocide in Xinjiang.

• Shadi Hamid
• October 25, 2020

The Woman Who Led Kamala Harris to This Moment

How Harris’s mother paved the way for her barrier-breaking candidacy

• Rikha Sharma Rani
• October 25, 2020

A Horrible Place for an Oil Spill

Melting sea ice is opening up the Arctic to more ships. The results could be catastrophic.

• Cathleen O'Grady and Hakai
• October 24, 2020

How the Racism Baked Into Technology Hurts Teens

Adolescents spend ever greater portions of their days online and are especially vulnerable to discrimination. That’s a worrying combination.

• Avriel Epps-Darling
• October 24, 2020

Donald Trump’s Refugee Policy Is Bureaucratic Sadism

The president’s rollicking abuse of refugees and the answering jeers of his fans are a frank confession of moral rottenness.

• George Packer
• October 24, 2020

Republicans Don’t Know What to Do With Their Bad-Faith ACA Case

The Court may well invalidate the law, but not without taking a considerable risk.

• Nicholas Bagley
• October 24, 2020

Higher Education Should Lead the Efforts to Reverse Structural Racism

Colleges and universities have a special role to play in making sure America’s prosperity is accessible to all.

• Freeman A. Hrabowski III, Peter H. Henderson, and J. Kathleen Tracy
• October 24, 2020

The Atlantic Daily: The Case Against Donald Trump

For just the fourth time in our 163-year run, The Atlantic is endorsing a candidate.

• Caroline Mimbs Nyce
• October 23, 2020

The New Borat Movie Is Less a Satire Than an Exposé

The bumbling provocateur who stormed the United States in 2006 has now become an unlikely voice of reason.

• David Sims
• October 23, 2020

Cory Booker on Why the Democrats Haven’t Stopped Barrett

The senator from New Jersey talks about Donald Trump, race, and the Supreme Court—and says he thinks he’s “taking up space” in the president’s head.

• Edward-Isaac Dovere
• October 23, 2020

You’re Not Supposed to Understand the Rumors About Biden

To raise doubts about the Democratic nominee, right-wing-media smears don’t even need to make sense.

• Anne Applebaum
• October 23, 2020

It’s All About the Investigation

Trump is betting his reelection on ginning up another investigation—the same demand that got him impeached.

• David A. Graham
• October 23, 2020

Real Problems Do Not Exist for Trump

Fearmongering about imaginary threats works only when the world is a fairly safe and stable place.

• Thomas Wright
• October 23, 2020

The Politicization of the State Department Is Almost Complete

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and his predecessor, Rex Tillerson, have weaponized the institution for the Trump administration’s domestic political objectives.

• P. Michael McKinley
• October 23, 2020

The Books Briefing: How Horror Stories Empower Kids

Gruesome novels and chilling tales about ghoulish monsters and other dangers: Your weekly guide to the best in books

• Kate Cray
• October 23, 2020

De-stress With an Election-Anxiety Playlist

Twelve songs to help you express impatience, agitation, and hope

• Spencer Kornhaber
• October 23, 2020

Bruce Springsteen and the Art of Aging Well

What the happiest Springsteen album in decades can teach us about Joe Biden, the wisdom of maturity, and the meaning of life

• David Brooks
• October 23, 2020

The GOP’s Demographic Doom

Millennials and Gen Z are only a few years away from dominating the electorate.

• Ronald Brownstein
• October 23, 2020

Biden Seizes Trump’s Populist Mantle

The president vowed to remember the forgotten men and women of America—but tonight, he forgot them.

• David A. Graham
• October 22, 2020

Trump Doesn’t Care

In his last chance to win over voters, Trump could not establish an emotional connection.

• David Frum
• October 22, 2020

The Coronavirus Surge That Will Define the Next 4 Years

Cases are rising in all but nine states. Unlike the past two waves, this one has no epicenter.

• Robinson Meyer
• October 22, 2020