Politics
The Future of the American Idea
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Molly Crabapple America’s Political Roots Are in Eutaw, Alabama
When I think about the 1870 riot, I remember how the country rejected the opportunity it had.
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Justin Sullivan / Getty Texas’s Disaster Is Over. The Fallout Is Just Beginning.
Will Republican officials in the state pay a price for the recent blackouts?
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Ryan Young / The New York Times / ... The One Area Where the U.S. COVID-19 Strategy Seems to Be Working
By spending lots of money and not worrying about liability, America is beating Europe in the vaccine race.
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Getty / Adam Maida / The Atlantic A Catholic Sinner Seeks Communion—And Happens to Be President
Some bishops—and many conservative laypeople—think Joe Biden should be denied access to one of the faith’s most important sacraments.
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Logan Mock-Bunting / Redux The Window for D.C. Statehood Won’t Be Open Forever
But Democrats are taking their time weighing their next move.
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Bloomberg / Getty / The Atlantic Why Democrats Are Fighting Over an Obscure D.C. Bureaucrat
Progressives and moderates are split over Michael Barr, the president’s likely nominee to become one of the banking industry’s top regulators.
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The Atlantic What Americans Don’t Know About Their Medications
People who have faced debilitating side effects say we need better warnings on drugs. The FDA hasn’t been enthusiastic.
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Carolyn Drake Anissa Jordan Took Part in a Robbery. She Went to Prison for Murder.
The legal doctrine that allows people to be prosecuted for murder even if they didn’t kill anyone has fallen out of favor across the globe. In America, it remains common.
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Getty / The Atlantic Eric Metaxas Believes America Is Creeping Toward Nazi Germany
The pro-Trump radio host explains how he thinks about the Capitol siege and President Joe Biden’s America.
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Patrick Semansky / AP The Lessons Biden and the Democrats Learned From the First Impeachment
Trump’s trial threatened to derail the administration’s agenda. But as the proceedings wind down, the new president may be coming out ahead.
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Getty / The Atlantic The GOP Cheat Code to Winning Back the House
The stakes for Democrats’ election-reform plan couldn’t be higher.
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Al Drago / Bloomberg / Getty / Paul ... A Million-Dollar Pardon Offer at the Trump Hotel
Corey Lewandowski allegedly wanted a hefty fee in exchange for helping a government whistleblower win a pardon from the former president.
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Wikimedia / The Atlantic How a ‘False Flag’ Cry Has Divided Republicans in Oregon
The state GOP’s embrace of a false conspiracy theory shows the deep imprint of Trumpism within the party and has prompted a backlash from leaders who want to move on.
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“Inheritance”: A Live Virtual Event
Atlantic writers brought the project to life at 1 p.m. ET on Thursday, February 18.
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Jabin Botsford / The Washington Post / Getty The Hole Where Donald Trump Was
How are Trump watchers dealing with a Trumpless reality? Pretty well.
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Mario Tama / Getty Iowans Were Scared Into Taking the Virus Seriously
Contrary to health experts’ predictions, the state did not see a huge post-holiday spike in COVID-19 cases.
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Getty / The Atlantic What Does This Man Know That Other Democrats Don’t?
Governor Roy Cooper’s winning streak in North Carolina may be hard for purple- or red-state leaders to replicate.
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Erin Schaff / The New York Times / ... The Knives Come Out for Josh Hawley
The elite conservative world saw the Missouri senator as America’s next great statesman. Instead, he’s revealed uncomfortable truths about the movement.
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Getty How the GOP Surrendered to Extremism
Sixty years ago, many GOP leaders resisted radicals in their ranks. Now they’re not even trying.
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Saul Loeb / AFP / Getty Newtown’s Congresswoman Takes on Marjorie Taylor Greene
Representative Jahana Hayes is leading a push to kick Greene off of the House Education Committee. Should Greene be expelled from the House entirely?
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