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Inflation, moderation, and candidate effects
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Are We Living in a Different America?
A postelection conversation with staff writers Anne Applebaum and McKay Coppins
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The Terminally Online Are in Charge Now
Prepare for government by meme.
Pardon Trump’s Critics Now
President Biden has a moral obligation to do what he can for patriotic Americans who have risked it all.
Don’t Turn Inward
After a bruising election, many Americans may feel an impulse toward solitude. That’s the wrong instinct.
How One Woman Became the Scapegoat for America’s Reading Crisis
Lucy Calkins was an education superstar. Now she’s cast as the reason a generation of students struggles to read. Can she reclaim her good name?
Don’t Give Up on the Truth
Striking out against injustice is always right; it always matters.
Trump’s ‘Deep State’ Revenge
The president-elect has long demonized intelligence officers and other federal employees. This is how he might come for them.
The Two Donald Trumps
Donald Trump campaigned as the return-to-normal candidate—while promising policies that would unleash fresh chaos.
AI Can Save Humanity—Or End It
The age of Homo technicus could generate profound intellectual advances and solutions to our gravest problems. But first we need to ensure that it doesn’t kill us off.
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Sophie Bassouls / Sygma / Getty The Queer Author Who Spoke the Plain Truth
Dorothy Allison, the Bastard Out of Carolina author who died last week, modeled the power of honesty in her writing and her life.
Alex Brandon / AP The Great Conspiracy-Theorist Flip-Flop
Elon Musk didn’t “steal” the election.
Illustration by Ben Kothe / The Atlantic. Sources: Andrew Harnik / Getty; Brandon Bell / Getty. The Cost-of-Living Crisis Explains Everything
The economy under Biden looked good but felt bad.
Illustration by Katie Martin There Really Is a Deep State
It’s nothing like what Donald Trump says it is.
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Carrie Schreck / Redux Don’t Give Up on the Truth
Striking out against injustice is always right; it always matters.
Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Getty. Trump’s ‘Deep State’ Revenge
The president-elect has long demonized intelligence officers and other federal employees. This is how he might come for them.
Illustration by Mark Pernice AI Can Save Humanity—Or End It
The age of Homo technicus could generate profound intellectual advances and solutions to our gravest problems. But first we need to ensure that it doesn’t kill us off.
Illustration by Hokyoung Kim Richard Price’s Radical, Retrograde Novel
In Lazarus Man, he rejects the tropes of contemporary literature.
