Donald Trump Gets Away With It
Jack Smith is dropping the charges against the president-elect for his assault on the fundamentals of American democracy.
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Every generation has an Oz story, but one retelling best captures what makes L. Frank Baum’s world sing.
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Trump’s allies treat every change in social norms as a DEI project gone wrong.
Illustration by Paul Spella / The Atlantic. Source: Getty. The Right Has a Bluesky Problem
The X exodus is weakening a way for conservatives to speak to the masses.
Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Ben Martin / Getty; Universal Images Group / Getty. The Sense That Most Defines a Culture
Yáng Shuāng-zǐ’s Taiwan Travelogue shows how colonization shapes a country’s culinary landscape.
Moyo Studio / Getty The Long-Held Habits You Might Need to Reconsider
One of the most humbling parts of being alive is realizing you’ve been doing a simple thing wrong.
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How Friendsgiving Took Over Millennial Culture
In the past five or so years, hosting a Thanksgiving meal among friends a week before the actual holiday has become a standard part of the celebration for many young adults. (From 2018)
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Jorge Colombo How Bad Is the Flu?
“The possibility of recurrent epidemics, perhaps of increasing virulence, even of another pandemic, must be faced.” (From 1944)
AP The Baleful Influence of Gambling
“The housewife, the factory worker, and the businessman will tell you that they are against such things as narcotics, bootlegging, prostitution, gang murders, the corruption of public officials and police, and, the bribery of college athletes. And yet this is where their money goes.” (From 1962)
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Revenge on the military is just the start of it.
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Did it solve scarcity or create it?
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What happens when you really get to know someone who is your political opposite
Illustration by Colin Hunter / The Atlantic autocracy in america•Episode 6When Neighbors Live in Different Worlds
What would you do if you found out that January 6 supporters were your new neighbors?
