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Alexander Zemlianichenko/ AP Hard Truths About Afghanistan, Courtesy of Moscow
A historical briefing on the legacy of the Soviet withdrawal
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Hadi Mizban / AP What Is ISIS Without Land?
The terror group’s about to lose its “state.” That doesn’t mean it’s defeated.
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Yuri Gripas/ Reuters Kicking the Tires on Medicare for All
Single-payer health-care plans seem foreign to many voters. House Democrats are aiming to change that.
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Nicole Xu The Book Club Is Back!
Introducing The Masthead’s new monthly book club.
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Rajesh Kumar Singh / AP It’s Modi’s Moment to Seize
The Pakistan crisis gives the Indian prime minister the perfect chance to divide his opponents.
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Danny Moloshok / AP Confronting Michael Jackson a Decade After His Death
Leaving Neverland is only the beginning of a debate about the King of Pop’s legacy.
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Ahn Young-joon/ AP The Tortured History of a North Korean Peace Deal
America has long blocked truce talks, says the historian Bruce Cumings. Now Trump might be getting out of the two Koreas’ way.
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Ralph Freso / Reuters Après Amazon, le Deluge
The tech giant’s withdrawal from New York has cities rethinking the risks of corporate partnerships.
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Steve Helber / AP Abortion Is Already Shaping Up to Be a Hot 2020 Issue
Republicans are relishing a fight after bills in New York and Virginia sought to expand late-term abortion access.
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Guadalupe Pardo / Reuters One Man’s Poverty Budget, 40 Years Later
In 1977, the writer John Brooke itemized his annual budget. It wasn’t pretty, even by today’s standards.
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Mike Blake / Reuters Why Teachers Walk
Educators are emboldened and exasperated. Those feelings are driving a second wave of teacher strikes nationwide.
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Kris Connor/Getty Images Stories to Make Them Choke on Their Steak
Two of The Atlantic’s political profilers chat about their process—and when to doodle during an interview.
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Baz Ratner / Reuters Congo’s Illusion of Stability
A tainted election reveals a lesson about the relationship between democracy and power.
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Alexander Drago / Reuters The Shutdown Is Over, Long Live the Shutdown
Worry and uncertainty remain, even with the federal government back up and running.
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Joel Saget / Getty For Tim Wu, Breaking Up Facebook Is Just the Beginning
The legal reformer wants to bring back antitrust as the cornerstone of a new political philosophy.
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Toya Sarno Jordan / Reuters Make America Negotiate Again
The first U.S.-North Korea summit produced lukewarm results. Trump may be putting more on the table for the second one.
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Wong Maye-E / AP The Worst Case for Scientific Ethics
As more details come out about the CRISPR baby scandal, the scenario looks bleak.
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Nick Adams / Reuters 25 Years of Reefer Madness
Everything has changed since the drug war of the mid-’90s. And nothing has.
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Scott Olson / Getty Reckoning With R. Kelly
A new documentary puts years of abuse allegations into sharp focus.
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Karen Yuan / The Atlantic The Fallacy of the American Memoir
Kiese Laymon talks about his new best seller, Heavy.
