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This is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you through the biggest stories of the day,...
Day: September 30, 2024
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On a recent Sunday morning, I sat on a cushioned mat across from Sister True Vow, a Buddhist nun at...
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A Nashville musician once offered Kris Kristofferson some feedback on “Me and Bobby McGee,” the 1971 Janis Joplin smash Kristofferson...
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Twenty years ago, Lost revolutionized television with its nonlinear storytelling, unfurling a narrative via flashbacks, flash-forwards, and even flash-sidewayses. But...
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If you think that Donald Trump’s speeches this campaign cycle are just more of the same, consider the analysis of...
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When Helene swept through western North Carolina late last week, the rain fell heavy and fast enough to start washing...
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“Nobody ever complied their way out of totalitarianism,” Robert F. Kennedy Jr. warned a few thousand people on the National...
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On the afternoon before Hurricane Helene made landfall in Florida, Veronica Robleto was coordinating text messages to the 2,500 or...
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On a recent trip to Ukraine, we walked through the rubble of a children’s hospital in Kyiv targeted by the...
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Ayad Akhtar’s brilliant new play, McNeal, currently at the Lincoln Center Theater, is transfixing in part because it tracks without...
