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The Future of the American Idea
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Allison Zaucha / The New York Times / … The Best Way to Keep Your Kids Safe From Delta
Get the adults in your community vaccinated.
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Ryan Collerd / Bloomberg / Getty Does Biden Understand Contemporary Politics?
The president still believes he can reach across the aisle to a radicalized GOP.
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Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times / Getty; … Kamala Harris Knows She’s Trapped
The vice president needs to win over the voters who approve of Biden, but not of her performance.
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Stanton Sharpe / Sopa / Sipa / AP The Voters Who Could Turn California Red
The state GOP’s comeback runs through Latino communities.
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Michael M. Santiago / Getty What the Ohio Special Election Actually Means
The Democratic primary became a proxy war between progressives and the establishment. But the outcome doesn’t tell us much about the party’s future.
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Jeff Kowalsky / AFP / Getty; The Atlantic The Gymnast Who Won’t Let Her Daughters Do Gymnastics
Gymnast Rachael Denhollander is one of many people who can no longer watch the Olympics with casual enjoyment.
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Rachel Hulin; The Atlantic How to Avoid the Worst Parenting Mistake
Emily Oster caters to a data-obsessed crowd of modern parents. But sometimes you just can’t optimize your kid.
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Getty ; The Atlantic What I Heard in the White House Basement
I knew the president had clear and straightforward talking points—I’d written them.
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Science Photo Library / Al Drago / Getty … The Unraveling of the Trump Era
The Trump administration desperately wanted to cut government benefits, and it had outside help to do so. But very few of its new rules held up.
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The Atlantic Companies Want Remote Workers in All States but 1
Businesses such as Nike and Oracle are happy to let you work from home—just not in Colorado.
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Andrew Harnik / Getty Republicans Refuse to Reckon With January 6
Just as striking as the officers’ testimony today is GOP lawmakers’ refusal to engage with it.
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Getty; The Atlantic The Time Tax
Why is so much American bureaucracy left to average citizens?
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Peter Bohler What Does California Owe Its Incarcerated Firefighters?
Those risking their life on the front lines of the state’s wildfires earn a fraction of minimum wage.
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Lauren Tamaki How a Rising Trump Critic Lost Her Nerve
Representative Nancy Mace of South Carolina hoped to be the face of a post-Trump GOP. She soon learned there is no such thing.
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Spencer Platt / Getty The Threat of an Unvaccinated South
COVID-19 patients are once again filling up hospitals in the Deep South as leaders struggle to get constituents immunized.
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Sarah Silbiger / UPI / Bloomberg / Getty The Republicans Have Already Given Biden What He Needs
GOP senators may have blocked the infrastructure agreement they negotiated, but the president may still win.
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Kendrick Brinson / The New York Times / … Two Ways to Think About the New Mask Debate
Depending on where you live and your risk tolerance, vaccinated people are justified in either masking or unmasking indoors.
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Sean Hemmerle; The Atlantic ‘The Last Acceptable Prejudice’
Father James Martin isn’t quick to call out bias against his faith. But sometimes people go too far.
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Sarah Silbiger / Bloomberg / Getty; Win McNamee … Biden’s Strategy: Treat Trump Like a ‘Crazy Person’
The 46th president’s slate of problems to deal with includes the erratic behavior of the 45th.
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Pete Marovich / Getty; The Atlantic Republicans Like Bob Corker Have Nowhere to Go
The former senator from Tennessee famously clashed with President Donald Trump. After two years of silence, he still thinks his party is the future.
