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THE EUREKA THEORY OF HISTORY IS WRONG
The Atlantic

THE EUREKA THEORY OF HISTORY IS WRONG

THE REAL REASON AMERICAN PROGRESS HAS STALLED

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January - February 2023
SEEING EARTH FROM SPACE WILL CHANGE YOU
The Atlantic

SEEING EARTH FROM SPACE WILL CHANGE YOU

The question is how.

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January - February 2023
I WENT TO TAIWAN TO SAY GOODBYE
The Atlantic

I WENT TO TAIWAN TO SAY GOODBYE

To my grandmother, and perhaps. the country whose resilience she shares

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January - February 2023
THE LOOMING REVOLT OVER HOMELESSNESS
The Atlantic

THE LOOMING REVOLT OVER HOMELESSNESS

Liberals know how to solve the problem. Why dont they?

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January - February 2023
Siegfried & Roy – The Original Tiger Kings
The Atlantic

Siegfried & Roy – The Original Tiger Kings

The improbable rise and savage fall of Siegfried & Roy

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November 2022
Good Luck, Mr. Rice
The Atlantic

Good Luck, Mr. Rice

A Philadelphia teenager and the empty promise of the Sixth Amendment

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November 2022
The Literature of Paranoia
The Atlantic

The Literature of Paranoia

Living in Turkey has made Orhan Pamuk a master of the genre.

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November 2022
The Long History of Russian Brutality
The Atlantic

The Long History of Russian Brutality

What the fratricidal fury of the country's civil war a century ago can teach us about the invasion of Ukraine

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November 2022
The Trap
The Atlantic

The Trap

What it takes to make it in hip-hops new capital

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November 2022
Take a Chance on Them
The Atlantic

Take a Chance on Them

ABBA makes a triumphant return.

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November 2022
LET PUERTO RICO BE FREE
The Atlantic

LET PUERTO RICO BE FREE

The only just future for my home is not statehood, but full independence from the United States.

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November 2022
THE SCAPEGOAT
The Atlantic

THE SCAPEGOAT

A MUSEUM CURATOR WAS FORCED OUT of HER JOB OVER ALLEGATIONS of RACISM THAT AN INVESTIGATION DEEMED UNFOUNDED. WHAT DID HER DEFENESTRATION ACCOMPLISH?

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November 2022
BAD LOSERS
The Atlantic

BAD LOSERS

Election deniers are a threat to democracy. The midterms could be the last chance to stop them.

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November 2022
The Myopia Generation
The Atlantic

The Myopia Generation

Why do so many kids need glasses now?

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October 2022
Who Do the Benin Bronzes Belong to?
The Atlantic

Who Do the Benin Bronzes Belong to?

Thousands of pieces of art were looted by the British in what is now Nigeria, and are held mostly in Western museums. What to do with them is a harder question than it might seem.

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October 2022
The Operator
The Atlantic

The Operator

The journalist Sergii Leshchenko has a knack for inserting himself into the pivotal moments of Ukraine's history. I wanted to see the war through his eyes.

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October 2022
The Wedding Present
The Atlantic

The Wedding Present

As a young woman, I had a friendly correspondence with a German soldier right after the war. I've been thinking about the silence at the core of our exchange ever since.

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September 2022
JOHN ROBERTS'S LONG GAME
The Atlantic

JOHN ROBERTS'S LONG GAME

Is this the end of the Voting Rights Act?

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October 2022
The Roots of Republican Extremism
The Atlantic

The Roots of Republican Extremism

Three new books attempt to trace the GOP's break with reality.

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October 2022
The Diagnosis Trap
The Atlantic

The Diagnosis Trap

Doctors have their stories to tell about mental illness. But what about the stories we tell ourselves?

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October 2022
Cursive Is History
The Atlantic

Cursive Is History

My students can't read script. How will they interpret the past?

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October 2022
A World Without White People
The Atlantic

A World Without White People

Mohsin Hamid's empty parable of race transformation

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September 2022
"We Need To Take Away Children."
The Atlantic

"We Need To Take Away Children."

The secret history of the U.S. government's family-separation policy

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September 2022
The Greatest Talker of His Time
The Atlantic

The Greatest Talker of His Time

Felix Frankfurter was an eloquent liberal champion of judicial restraint. Is it time for a reappraisal?

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September 2022
Rez Life
The Atlantic

Rez Life

Sterlin Harjo's genre-mixing, cliché-exploding series captures coming of age as a Native kid like no TV show before it.

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September 2022
Our Blinding, Blaring World
The Atlantic

Our Blinding, Blaring World

By flooding the environment with light and sound, we're confounding the senses of countless animals. But we can still save the quiet and preserve the dark.

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July - August 2022
My Escape From the Taliban
The Atlantic

My Escape From the Taliban

When Kabul fell, my sister and I almost didn't get out.

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September 2022
The Case for Bodice Ripping
The Atlantic

The Case for Bodice Ripping

Romance novels have radical ambitions.

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September 2022
Heavenly Hackwork
The Atlantic

Heavenly Hackwork

John Donne was a mystic in bed and a mystic in the pulpit.

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September 2022
LET BROOKLYN BE LOUD
The Atlantic

LET BROOKLYN BE LOUD

Why do rich people love quiet so much?

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September 2022