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Never Trump, Still a Republican

Never Trump, Still a Republican

Why Jeff Flake still believes the spell over his party will break...

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The Pain and Glory of Summer

The Pain and Glory of Summer

It’s the worst season of all, and also the most beautiful....

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The Atlantic’s September Cover: Tyler Austin Harper’s “Confessions of a Token Black Professor”

The Atlantic’s September Cover: Tyler Austin Harper’s “Confessions of a Token Black Professor”

For The Atlantic’s September cover story, staff writer Tyler Austin Harper writes about how he came to lose faith in aca...

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The 108-Degree Eviction

The 108-Degree Eviction

Living outside is a more dreadful prospect during a heat wave....

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The Death of Reliable Immigration Data

The Death of Reliable Immigration Data

The Department of Homeland Security set up an independent office to provide statistics that lawmakers and the public cou...

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Stance

Stance

A poem...

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France’s Best Argument Against Racism Isn’t Working

France’s Best Argument Against Racism Isn’t Working

The country’s most beloved men are paragons of diversity, but ethnic resentment is still winning....

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Are Raccoons Evolving Into Pets?

Are Raccoons Evolving Into Pets?

The myth and science of the country’s favorite floofy, fluffy cuddle-badgers...

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How Ukraine Became a ‘Model Ally’

How Ukraine Became a ‘Model Ally’

The country Trump once disdained as a burden has become a military powerhouse....

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How Trump’s Priorities May Impact The Midterms

How Trump’s Priorities May Impact The Midterms

Panelists joined to discuss the president’s continued interest in renovating landmarks in the nation’s capital....

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Bad Luck, Bad Choices

Bad Luck, Bad Choices

Richard Russo is America’s portraitist of left-behind people in hollowed-out towns....

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What Mitch McConnell Did to America

What Mitch McConnell Did to America

The former Senate GOP leader’s legacy will make America harder to govern for years to come....

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The Color Recession May Be Permanent

The Color Recession May Be Permanent

Consumers are so afraid of getting colors wrong, they don’t use them at all....

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Trump Takes a Bulldozer to Birthright Citizenship Again

Trump Takes a Bulldozer to Birthright Citizenship Again

The president’s latest attempt to limit who is an American by birth is plagued by weak legal arguments and nonsensical c...

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The Best Way to Learn Outside of the Classroom

The Best Way to Learn Outside of the Classroom

As a busy adult, I approach foundational, complicated ideas with the help of the intellectual biography....

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The Thrill of Letting Pop Culture Consume You

The Thrill of Letting Pop Culture Consume You

Jane Schoenbrun’s new film wants viewers to be taken in by feelings, not overanalysis....

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The Internet Is in Crisis

The Internet Is in Crisis

For 15 minutes, the celebrity-gossip blogger Perez Hilton livestreamed his violent self-harm without anyone intervening....

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