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Exploring the American idea through ambitious, essential reporting and storytelling. Of no party or clique since 1857.

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To attract tourists and foreign investment, Tanzania is taking the land of an ancient people. For @TheAtlantic ’s May 2024 cover story, Stephanie McCrummen reports on how “conservationist” has come to be a word the Maasai associate with their own doom:
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"It is nonsense that to shine, you need to go to a fancy school, bootlick bosses, or pay your dues at crappy jobs working for bad people," @JimVandeHei writes. "You simply need to want to construct goodness with whatever life throws at you."
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“Good fielding and pitching, without hitting, or vice versa, is like Ben Franklin’s half a pair of scissors — ineffectual. Twenty-game winners or .400 hitters do not ensure victory," Moe Berg wrote in 1941.
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Pitchers and Catchers

“Good fielding and pitching, without hitting, or vice versa, is like Ben Franklin’s half a pair of scissors — ineffectual. Twenty-game winners or .400 hitters do not ensure victory.”

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Today, a new six-week abortion law will go into effect in Florida. It’s left providers there scrambling—and clinics in other states are preparing for a crush of new patients, @elainejgodfrey writes in The Atlantic Daily:
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What Florida’s Abortion Ban Means Beyond Florida

A new ban has providers there scrambling—and clinics in other states preparing for a crush of new patients.

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The sharp new season of “Hacks” considers the wearying history of women in late-night comedy, who push and fight to be part of a field that just doesn't seem to want them, @sophieGG writes:
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"Hacks" Goes for the Jugular

In its third season, the show faces the failures of late-night comedy head-on.

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"No one won here," @powellAtlantic writes. "Student protesters took pride in their collective revolutionary power, and yet appeared to have few leaders worthy of the term and made maximalist claims and unrealistic demands."
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‘We Want All of It’

The Columbia protesters backed themselves into a corner.

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"Is the Islamic Republic a rational and potentially pragmatic actor, like most other nation-states, or is it an ideologically motivated actor, bent on pursuing mayhem in support of its goals?" @arash_tehran writes:
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Is Iran a Country or a Cause?

The ideologues are winning a decades-long battle over Tehran’s foreign policy.

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One out of every 50 babies born in the U.S. was conceived via IVF, @eminietfeld writes. Why is the industry so poorly regulated?
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"Just as the compulsion to archive is contagious, so is hope." @elenadudum on the tradition that allows her and her family to hold on to their Palestinian identity:
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I Am Building an Archive to Prove That Palestine Exists

For me and my family, this work is an act of hope.

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“The trouble is that the let-it-all-hang-out approach is restricted to momentary well-being,” writes @arthurbrooks , “and has consequences for others”:
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Why a Bit of Restraint Can Do You a Lot of Good

An uninhibited quest for authenticity sounds great. But if that just means acting out, you’re unlikely to be so happy.

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People often ask @amandamull whether Americans are nearing some sort of consumption ceiling—can the country’s taste for consumer goods really keep growing in perpetuity? The answer, at least for the foreseeable future, is probably yes.
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The risks of bird flu in milk can be simplified to this: Thank God for pasteurization, writes @yeahyeahyasmin .
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Milk Has Lost Its Magic

The bird-flu panic is getting out of hand.

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A whole two days off from work, in which we can do what we please, has only recently become a near-universal right, Witold Rybczynski wrote in 1991.
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Waiting for the Weekend

A whole two days off from work, in which we can do what we please, has only recently become a near-universal right.

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Critics of colleges are seeing "the unstoppable force of years’ worth of self-righteous rhetoric and pseudo-radical posturing meets the immovable object of students who took them at their word," @Tyler_A_Harper writes:
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America’s Colleges Are Reaping What They Sowed

Universities spent years saying that activism is not just welcome but encouraged on their campuses. Students took them at their word.

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“Most national polls now have Biden and Trump effectively tied,” writes @dblock94 . “In this context, one can easily imagine Gaza moving enough ballots to determine the 2024 election”:
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Will Biden Have a Gaza Problem in November’s Poll?

Foreign policy does not usually swing national elections, but this time could be different.

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"President Joe Biden won a decisive Electoral College victory in 2020 by restoring old Democratic advantages in the Rust Belt while establishing new beachheads in the Sun Belt," @RonBrownstein writes. Now his position in polls has weakened on both fronts.
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Biden’s Electoral College Challenge

How demographic change is scrambling the geography of the 2024 presidential race

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Can plants feel, hear, or remember? Zoë Schlanger joins Hanna Rosin on “Radio Atlantic” to discuss a provocative debate among scientists: Are plants intelligent? Listen:
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If Plants Could Talk

Some scientists are starting to reopen a provocative debate: Are plants intelligent?

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The gulf between critically acclaimed art films and blockbuster movies keeps growing, @jdkstern13 writes in Time-Travel Thursdays. Sixty years ago, Pauline Kael saw it coming.
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A Critic’s Case Against Cinema

Sixty years ago, Pauline Kael said that the movies were going to pieces. In a sense, she was right.

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Extreme heat can be dangerous, even deadly. But properly hydrating can go a long way in helping you stay safe, writes @rtsugar . (From 2023)
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Drink More Water

The dos and don’ts of hydrating in a heat wave

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Biden's patience with the protesters has worn out, @GrahamDavidA writes:
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Biden’s Patience With Campus Protests Runs Out

Chaos in the streets—real, imagined, or exaggerated—is never to an incumbent’s advantage.

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"Trump’s performance as president during his first term showed that he was not up to the job," @GrahamDavidA writes. "His snoozing in court raises the question of whether he can stay up for it, either."
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Trump’s Naps Are Actually Worrying

He can't even seem to stay awake for his own trial.

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