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To win purple states, Harris needs to attract a wide range of voters focused on real-world concerns instead of culture wars, Anne Applebaum writes. That strategic model exists downballot—with Democrats who've seen what happens when governance breaks down: theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…
The Voynich Manuscript has long baffled scholars—and attracted cranks and conspiracy theorists, Ariel Sabar writes. Now a prominent medievalist is taking a new approach to unlocking its secrets: theatlantic.com/magazine/archi…
Lauren Ober and Hanna Rosin found out that their new neighbors were supporting January 6 insurrectionists. So they knocked on their door. Listen to the trailer for "We Live Here Now," a new podcast series about what happened next: theatlantic.com/podcasts/archi…
As marijuana has become easier to obtain, it has also become harder to smoke, Malcolm Ferguson writes: “You don’t have to be a War on Drugs apologist to be worried about the consequences of unleashing so much super-high-potency weed into the world.” theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…
Millions of American women are iron-deficient. Why don’t more doctors test for the condition? Lourdes Medrano reports for Undark Magazine: theatlantic.com/health/archive…
On Tucker Carlson’s show, Darryl Cooper’s reframing of World War II became a counterfactual branding exercise—one that allowed the host to cast the culture warriors of the present as the enemy, Megan Garber writes: theatlantic.com/culture/archiv…
A long line of American politicians and scholars has characterized education as a way to hand down values and ethical priorities. “Is religion essential to this sort of education?” Isabel Fattal asks in Time-Travel Thursdays: theatlantic.com/newsletters/ar…
To win purple states, Harris needs to attract a wide range of voters focused on real-world concerns instead of culture wars, Anne Applebaum writes. That strategic model exists downballot—with Democrats who've seen what happens when governance breaks down: theatln.tc/CcsskIqp
Very excited for Anne Applebaum's new podcast, with peter pomerantsev theatlantic.com/podcasts/archi…
Snacks have taken over American life. The rhythms of our days may never be the same, Ellen Cushing writes: theatlantic.com/family/archive…
When Jenisha Watts moved to New York to pursue journalism, she hid her past. For The Atlantic’s October 2023 cover story, she wrote about her tumultuous childhood in Kentucky, and the freedom that writing offered her: theatlantic.com/magazine/archi…
NEW PODCAST ALERT: Here's the first episode of "Autocracy in America" a new (and absolutely absorbing) show from Anne Applebaum and peter pomerantsev. theatlantic.com/podcasts/archi…
From me and peter pomerantsev, a new narrative podcast drops today: AUTOCRACY IN AMERICA the first episode is here: theatlantic.com/podcasts/archi…
The Justice Department's indictment is "probably only the tip of the iceberg: Unfortunately, the Russians have scads of money, and plenty of Americans are despicable enough to take their cash," Tom Nichols writes: theatlantic.com/newsletters/ar…
It's snack's all the way down. Ellen Cushing's latest has it all. History! Humor! Portable yogurt! <checks notes> Pasta chips? theatlantic.com/family/archive…
Yuval Noah Harari has become a guru of sorts to Silicon Valley. But his new book on AI, “Nexus,” has little to say about the erosion of our intellectual institutions, Daniel Immerwahr writes. In fact, it might be symptomatic of the trend: theatlantic.com/magazine/archi…
“Whatever awaits the United States under a President Harris, a continuation of the uneasy present is the least likely scenario,” Eliot A Cohen writes. “Rather, a thunderous wave of crisis may break on her administration.” theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…