Month: August 2024

If it weren’t for Americans’ collective amnesia, politicians would have to spend considerably more time taking pains to tell the...

This is an edition of Time-Travel Thursdays, a journey through The Atlantic’s archives to contextualize the present and surface delightful...

Across the United States, homeowner’s insurance is getting more expensive. In storm-battered Florida and coastal Louisiana, they’ve gone up a...

When Bill Clinton walked onto the stage of the United Center at the Democratic National Convention last night, he received...

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One month since she entered the presidential race, Kamala Harris has a small but clear lead over Donald Trump, if...

Last week, the economics commentariat and much of the mainstream media erupted with contempt toward Kamala Harris’s proposed federal price-gouging...

American politics over the past generation has experienced the equivalent of continental drift. The tectonic plates of our political life...

When Kamala Harris “introduces” herself to the American public with her acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention tonight, most...

Vivek Murthy, the surgeon general of the United States, used to spend his time focused on the traditional issues of...