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Erin Schaff / The New York Times / ... How the Senate Stopped Pretending
Senators grapple with the reality that they have destroyed their own house.
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Shutterstock / The Atlantic How Conservatives Really Feel About Amy Coney Barrett
Even Trump-skeptical Republicans are relishing the prospect of a 6–3 Court.
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The Atlantic / Getty Biden and Harris Need an Answer on Court Packing
The pressure to take a position, not just from Republicans, but also from fellow Democrats, may only grow.
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Julio Cortez / AP Why Can’t He Just Say It?
President Donald Trump refused to clearly condemn white supremacy at last night’s debate. This was no accident.
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Samuel Corum / The New York Times / ... The True Victors of Trump’s Supreme Court Nomination
Amy Coney Barrett’s ascension is a triumph for the conservative legal movement.
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Al Drago / The New York Times / ... Is This Really the End of Abortion?
Democrats might crush Republicans in November. With a 6–3 conservative Supreme Court majority, abortion rights could still be decimated.
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Christophe Vander Eecken / laif / Redux The Pandemic Has Parents Fleeing From Schools—Maybe Forever
COVID-19 is a catalyst for families who were already skeptical of the traditional school system—and are now thinking about leaving it for good.
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Schwartz / Getty / The Atlantic Michael Steele Isn’t Having It
“Kiss my ass. I haven’t changed, baby. You have.”
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Getty / The Atlantic The RNC Is Terrified of Losing Women Voters
GOP leaders sold a female-friendly version of Donald Trump at the convention, despite dark parts of the president’s history.
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Noah Berger / AFP / Getty The Anointment of Kamala Harris
Democratic leaders praised the party’s vice-presidential nominee not just as a trailblazer, but as the champion of a more inclusive vision for America.
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Brian Snyder / Reuters How Jerry Falwell Jr. Lost His Liberty Flock
The university’s leader has effectively become a spokesman for evangelicalism. Pastors and alumni worry about the consequences for their faith.
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Mary Altaffer / AP / The Atlantic The Anti-Abortion-Rights Movement Prepares to Build a Post-Roe World
As activists move closer to their goal of making abortion illegal, they have started planning for the infrastructure needed for a world with more babies—and recruiting major CEOs to bankroll their cause.
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Michael Brochstein / Barcroft Media / Getty / ... Is It Fair to Compare Joe Biden to Brett Kavanaugh?
A candid conversation with the president of the National Women’s Law Center
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Rainier Ehrhardt / AP / Katie Martin / ... A Republican Rising Star’s Plan to Reopen America
Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina is keenly aware that COVID-19 is especially dangerous for African Americans. He’s also worried about small businesses.
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Damon Winter / The New York Times / ... Orthodox Jewish Women Are Facing an Impossible Choice Right Now
Women who observe the Jewish laws of sexual purity have to immerse in a ritual pool after their period. Doing so during an outbreak is complicated—and potentially risky.
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Stephanie Keith / Getty ‘We’re Not Safe as Jews in New York’
The Monsey stabbing is the latest in an escalating drumbeat of anti-Semitic violence in the hub of American Jewish life.
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Jonathan Drake / Reuters It’s a Weird Time to Be Young and Conservative
The small but robust conservative ecosystem at Princeton finds its way through a bloodthirsty era of politics.
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Oliver Contreras / Getty How Trump Lost an Evangelical Stalwart
The editor in chief of Christianity Today explains his scathing editorial about the president’s behavior—and the damage he argues his fellow Christians are doing to the Gospel.
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Mark Makela / Getty The Crisis of American Christianity, Viewed From Great Britain
The theologian N. T. Wright is unfazed by the faith’s politicization in the U.S.
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Damon Winter / The New York Times / ... They Support Trump. They Want Him Impeached.
In 2016, 81 percent of voters in Sioux County chose Donald Trump, though some would feel relief if he were impeached.
