Trump Says Americans ‘Won’t Have to Vote Anymore’ If He Wins
He’s telegraphing his authoritarian intentions in plain sight.
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You don’t need a child to know how to care for others.
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I was a child in the 1960s, and those days weren’t better—but in one way, they were sweeter.
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Perfectionists find themselves trying to be the best, even at things for which the concept is inapplicable.
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The search for extraterrestrial life starts with an interesting-looking rock. Bringing it back to Earth is the hard part.
Illustration by Matteo Giuseppe Pani Why I Hate Sports but Love the Olympics
It’s the only time that female athletes get equal billing—but that’s only part of the explanation.
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Chinese social media is fascinated with Biden’s decision to step aside.
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My dad came here for a reason, and it wasn’t the dirt of a graveyard.
The Last Time a President Dropped Out of the Race
Lyndon B. Johnson faced a badly divided nation and knew he couldn’t be the one to heal it.
If Trump Wins
The staff of The Atlantic on the threat a second term poses to American democracy
Matt Huynh Inside U.S. Cricket’s Shocking Victory
How an American team of retreads, castoffs, and one software engineer took down a dominant world power
Illustration by Danielle Del Plato. Source: Getty. The President and the Press
“But the lesson of all this was not lost on Nixon: the newspapers had threatened his political career; television had saved it.” (From 1973)
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Images of the many events, athletes, and spectators at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris
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Gambling makes money for sports. But what does it cost athletes and fans?
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Arthur Brooks on faith and the loneliness epidemic
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