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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
THAT'S IT. YOU'RE DEAD ΤΟ ΜΕ.
The Atlantic

THAT'S IT. YOU'RE DEAD ΤΟ ΜΕ.

Suddenly everyone is "toxic."

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September 2022
The Book That Never Stops Changing
The Atlantic

The Book That Never Stops Changing

What I’ve learned about Dublin, and myself, in a lifetime of reading Ulysses

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July - August 2022
Why Is Dad So Mad?
The Atlantic

Why Is Dad So Mad?

A father dares to explore his rage.

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July - August 2022
We Have No Nuclear Strategy
The Atlantic

We Have No Nuclear Strategy

The U.S. can't keep ignoring the threat these weapons pose.

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July - August 2022
A Mad Hunt for Civil War Treasure
The Atlantic

A Mad Hunt for Civil War Treasure

Did the FBI steal the gold of dents run?

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July - August 2022
A White Author Fails Her Black Characters
The Atlantic

A White Author Fails Her Black Characters

Geraldine Brooks has sympathy for her protagonists. That’s not enough.

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July - August 2022
Beach Bummer
The Atlantic

Beach Bummer

The world is burning. Have another piña colada.

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July - August 2022
Back to Chagos
The Atlantic

Back to Chagos

Half a century ago, 2,000 people were forcibly removed from a remote string of islands in the middle of the indian ocean. This year, a group of them set sail for home.

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July - August 2022
Tracy Flick for Principal
The Atlantic

Tracy Flick for Principal

Tom Perrotta's '90s antihero returns.

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June 2022
How Politics Poisoned the Church
The Atlantic

How Politics Poisoned the Church

The evangelical movement spent 40 years at war with secular America. Now it's at war with itself.

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June 2022