The second kelsey mckinney article I've shared in the group chats in two days. Clear-eyed stuff:

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore memorializing in his #DNC speech the six construction workers who were killed in the Baltimore bridge collapse.

Speeches by former President Barack Obama and the former first lady Michelle Obama at the #DNC last night show that Democrats have been changed by the Trump years, David A. Graham writes. The party is no longer entirely taking the high road. theatln.tc/zUDnvQWx

Reproductive rights are almost always framed as a women’s issue. Tim Walz reminds us that they affect men too, Faith Hill writes: theatln.tc/LYNLKRGc

.Helen Lewis: “Three decades after Hillary Rodham agonized over taking her husband’s name, absolutely no one seems to care that Kamala Harris isn’t an Emhoff ... An idea that was once considered radical has slipped into silent acceptance.” theatln.tc/n4JS9reb

If Hillary is approaching icon status among some young Democrats, the view toward Bill is mostly indifference. Democrats in their early 20s weren't alive for his presidency. I found one here in Chicago who had never heard the name Monica Lewinsky: theatlantic.com/politics/archi…

Based on the number of artists rumored to be performing tonight, we could do one of these posters for night 4.

My small liberal arts campus convinced itself in 2003 that BB King was closing out the school year. You can talk yourself into anything.

Love this piece, from Helen Lewis. This exchange in particular made me lol theatlantic.com/politics/archi…

Thousands of delegates and supporters flocked to Chicago this week to attend the Democratic National Convention. Audience and engagement editor Emma Williams spoke with a few of them about why they were there, and what they think the Harris campaign needs to do until Election

fwiw I once listened to The Odyssey read by Ian McKellan on a road trip and it was a genuinely great experience that left me speaking in iambic pentameter for a week

Nikolai Gogol

In the course of reporting on Patel, and the threat that he and other loyalists like him would pose to the country in a second Trump term, I struggled to shake what I learned about a series of events that took place on October 30, 2020. I want to share them with you here. 🧵

My take for The Atlantic on the events of the last week theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

Fwiw, I'm on a family trip outside the U.S. and not actively checking news, and the Arlington story has massively broken through.

"Taps the sign" is the new "quiet part loud" or "attempted chemistry," a throwaway Simpsons line that sums up a universal rhetorical or discursive move, once again proving that show operated on an entirely different level. x.com/search?q=taps%…