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Adam Maida / The Atlantic Where’s the Cheap Beef?
The rising prices at the supermarket checkout are a problem with no simple explanation. But Democratic hopes may depend on finding the right answer.
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Getty; The Atlantic Not Getting Vaccinated to Own Your Fellow Libs
They’ve aligned themselves with forces they despise. But lefty anti-vaxxers don’t see the contradiction.
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Reginald Mathalone / NurPhoto / AP Texas Is Alienating Abortion Moderates
Even some Texans who wouldn’t themselves have an abortion think that the state’s new abortion law is too extreme.
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Molly Kaplan / ACLU; The Atlantic The Culture War Over ‘Pregnant People’
Some advocates on the left want America to talk about pregnancy and birth in gender-neutral terms. But this language change might not be so easy for the country to embrace.
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Yalonda M. James / The San Francisco Chronicle; … His Dad Got a Chance at Clemency. Then His Baby Was Born.
In an interview, San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin discusses fatherhood, who deserves to be punished, his relationship with the police, and more.
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Eva Marie Uzcategui / Bloomberg / Getty When ‘Talk to Your Doctor’ Goes So, So Wrong
Vanishingly few people have legitimate reasons to avoid COVID-19 vaccination. Some say their doctors told them not to get vaccinated anyway.
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Drew Angerer / Getty How Delta Beat Biden
The new administration promised competency and efficiency, but it has struggled all year with consistent pandemic messaging.
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Getty; Adam Maida / The Atlantic Why the ACLU Flip-Flopped on Vaccine Mandates
The historically libertarian organization now says that strict public-health measures protect freedom rather than limit it.
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Rosem Morton / The New York Times / … Classroom Time Isn’t the Only Thing Students Have Lost
Students have endured tremendous trauma during the pandemic—and teachers know learning can’t happen without healing.
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Getty; The Atlantic 2020 Was Almost Worse Than 2008
In a crisis like the one that hit the world in March 2020, only one thing will restore confidence: limitless cash. An excerpt from Shutdown: How Covid Shook the World’s Economy.
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Sergio Flores / Getty Is This How Democrats Break Their Midterm Curse?
Most Democrats don’t approve of Texas’s new abortion ban. But they hope it may help them gin up voter enthusiasm.
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Patrick Semansky / AP All of Those ‘Hysterical’ Women Were Right
For half a decade, Republicans gaslighted Democrats about Trump’s Court nominees’ views on abortion. The jig is up.
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Getty ; The Atlantic Texas Republicans Got What They Wanted. They Might Regret It.
Until now, Republicans have had a lucrative, no-risk way to rail against abortion. But accountability is coming.
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John Seago; The Atlantic What Texas Abortion Foes Want Next
If John Seago and his allies get their way, abortion would be completely illegal in the United States. Would they be ready for the consequences?
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters When the Refugees Landed
Evacuees from Afghanistan filed out of the airport security checkpoint quietly, a few groups every 20 minutes: men in beige waistcoats, veiled women with curly-haired babies, toddlers clutching juice boxes.
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Ray Chavez / MediaNews Group / The Mercury … What California’s Recall Election Says About America
Gavin Newsom’s struggles could spell trouble for Democrats everywhere.
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Getty; The Atlantic The Point of the Cruelty
Electoral politics is about popularity. So why does being mean seem to be popular?
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Ramin Talaie / Corbis / Getty The Era of Easier Voting for Disabled People Is Over
Thanks to absentee ballots, drop-off boxes, and curbside voting, people with disabilities turned out in record numbers in the 2020 election. That’s likely to change.
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Patrick Semansky / AP; The Atlantic Why America’s Largest Teachers’ Union Refuses to Support Vaccine Mandates
Becky Pringle, the president of the National Education Association, won’t back a blanket vaccination requirement yet—but she thinks there are other ways to ensure that students and teachers are safe.
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Getty; The Atlantic Parents Are Losing Their Minds Over Masks in Schools
Several states have low vaccination rates, rampant COVID-19 spread, and no mask mandates in schools. Parents are worried for their kids.
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