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The Man Who Became Uncle Tom
The Atlantic

The Man Who Became Uncle Tom

Harriet Beecher Stowe said that Josiah Henson's life had inspired her most famous character. But Henson longed to be recognized by his own name, and for his own achievements.

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October 2023
Life After "I Do"
The Atlantic

Life After "I Do"

George Eliot's subversive vision of marriage

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October 2023
The Other Naomi
The Atlantic

The Other Naomi

A left-wing author finds herself constantly confused with a right-wing conspiracist.

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October 2023
I, Sly
The Atlantic

I, Sly

Sly Stone tells his story.

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October 2023
THE FINAL DAYS
The Atlantic

THE FINAL DAYS

JOE BIDEN WAS DETERMINED TO GET OUT OF AFGHANISTAN-NO MATTER THE COST

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October 2023
The Joy and the Funk and the Mire
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The Joy and the Funk and the Mire

The critic dream hampton thinks hip-hop is broken. But she can't stop trying to fix it.

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October 2023
THE PRIME MINISTER and THE MOONIES
The Atlantic

THE PRIME MINISTER and THE MOONIES

THE BIZARRE STORY BEHIND THE ASSASSINATION OF SHINZO ABE

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October 2023
Jenisha From Kentucky
The Atlantic

Jenisha From Kentucky

I came to New York sure of one thing-that no one could ever know my past.

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October 2023
NIXON BETWEEN THE LINES
The Atlantic

NIXON BETWEEN THE LINES

Alone in his study, ballpoint pen in hand, the president revealed himself in the margins of his books.

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October 2023
TRUMP ON TRIAL
The Atlantic

TRUMP ON TRIAL

The drama now unfolding will make for perhaps the most surreal presidential-election cycle in American history. How will it end?

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October 2023
A Sunnier Edvard Munch
The Atlantic

A Sunnier Edvard Munch

A new exhibition offers a counterpoint to The Scream.

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September 2023
The Man Who Transformed American Theater
The Atlantic

The Man Who Transformed American Theater

How August Wilson became one of the country's most influential playwrights

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September 2023
Owls Aren't That Smart
The Atlantic

Owls Aren't That Smart

But they have uncanny powers.

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September 2023
Lost Histories of Coexistence
The Atlantic

Lost Histories of Coexistence

James McBride's new novel tells a story of solidarity between Black and Jewish communities.

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September 2023
How America Got Mean
The Atlantic

How America Got Mean

In a culture devoid of moral education, generations are growing up in a morally inarticulate, self-referential world.

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September 2023
Inside the Revolution at OpenAI
The Atlantic

Inside the Revolution at OpenAI

Sam Altman doesn't know where artificial intelligence will lead humanity. But he's taking us there anyway.

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September 2023
I thought my mother was an only child. I was wrong.
The Atlantic

I thought my mother was an only child. I was wrong.

The Ones We Sent Away

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September 2023
THE RISE OF BRONZE AGE PERVERT
The Atlantic

THE RISE OF BRONZE AGE PERVERT

HOW A FASCIST BODYBUILDER CAPTURED THE IMAGINATION OF THE FAR RIGHT

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September 2023
KILLER APPS
The Atlantic

KILLER APPS

Is social media making America's murder surge worse?

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September 2023
THE RESILIENCE GAP
The Atlantic

THE RESILIENCE GAP

In 2008, when I was a writer for the blog Feministe, commenters began requesting warnings at the top of posts discussing distressing topics, most commonly sexual assault.

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September 2023
A Star Reporter's Break With Reality
The Atlantic

A Star Reporter's Break With Reality

Lara Logan was once a respected 60 Minutes correspondent. Now she trades in conspiracy theories that even farright media disavow. What happened?

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July - August 2023
Who Was Cleopatra's Daughter?
The Atlantic

Who Was Cleopatra's Daughter?

The perils of searching for feminist heroes in antiquity

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June 2023
Burned
The Atlantic

Burned

How a small-town auto mechanic peddling a solar-energy breakthrough swindled Wall Street investors, Warren Buffett, and the U.S. Treasury out of $1 billion

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June 2023
Inside the desperate effort to rescue America's pastime from irrelevance
The Atlantic

Inside the desperate effort to rescue America's pastime from irrelevance

Where in the name of human rain delays is Juan Soto? The stud outfielder is late.

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July - August 2023
CONFESSIONS of a Luxury-Wedding PLANNER - Lies, panic, and ponies
The Atlantic

CONFESSIONS of a Luxury-Wedding PLANNER - Lies, panic, and ponies

Sunday mornings, for wedding planners, are reserved for prayer. Not because it's a particularly pious profession but because that's the day when clients who were married on Saturday figure out if they're happy or not.

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July - August 2023
The Immortal Mel Brooks
The Atlantic

The Immortal Mel Brooks

The 2,000-year-old man turns 97 this summer. I talked with him about fighting in World War II, his life in comedy, and the secret to happiness.

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July - August 2023
IN DEFENSE OF HUMANITY
The Atlantic

IN DEFENSE OF HUMANITY

We need a cultural and philosophical movement to meet the rise of artificial superintelligence.

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July - August 2023
The Canadian Way of Death
The Atlantic

The Canadian Way of Death

The nation legalized assisted suicide-and exposed the limits of liberalism

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June 2023
Writing in the Ruins
The Atlantic

Writing in the Ruins

The German writer Jenny Erpenbeck cuts through dogma, fractures time, and preserves rubble

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June 2023
Surrender to Steely Dan
The Atlantic

Surrender to Steely Dan

How the insufferably perfectionist duo captured the hearts of a new generation of listeners

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June 2023