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Asked who would win in a hypothetical war between Canada and the U.S., @Gladwell tells @JeffreyGoldberg that Canada would prevail “because all of the American troops invade Canada, and then realize that they want to stay.”
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AI firms are subject to already-existing laws, @linamkhan tells @cwarzel: Part of the conversation around regulating AI “seems to assume that these current developments are happening in some legal vacuum,” she adds, “and that is just false.”
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A socialist leader is facing criticism for living in a house paid for by his father—but focusing on the contradictions of “rich-kid leftists” ignores “a more interesting and potentially more illuminating question,” @Tyler_A_Harper argues.
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Harvard announced that it is closing its writing center and laying off the center’s longtime director—a decision that could have repercussions far beyond Cambridge, Tyler Austin Harper argues.
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Liberals tend to have fewer children than conservatives do, @olgakhazan writes. She reports on three theories that attempt to explain the partisan fertility gap:
Donald Trump has bent many democratic traditions, but there’s one he’s discarded all together—he’s put his name and face on things while still in office, @RoseSheinerman reports. See the places where he’s affixed his name and image, and where he still hopes to.
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Cities that say no to driverless cars are blocking a technology that would change their residents’ lives for the better, Rogé Karma argues.
Julia Curlee devoted her life to serving her country. She briefed Mike Pence and served as a director on the National Security Council. But when her gender identity became public, she was told she was no longer needed.
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Donald Trump has been putting his name on buildings since before most Americans were born—but by doing it as president, he has created something entirely new in the nation’s history, @RoseSheinerman reports.
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As the war in Iran stretches on, Donald Trump is in disagreement with the vice president, military leaders, and long-standing American allies—but also with reality itself, @GrahamDavidA argues in The Atlantic Daily:
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Trump has bent many democratic traditions, but there’s one he’s discarded all together—he’s put his name and face on things while still in office, @RoseSheinerman reports. See the places where he’s affixed his name and image, and where he still hopes to.
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Today’s college students spend much less time socializing than past generations did, @rosehorowitch reports. She explores the theories behind the campus loneliness crisis:
Today’s college students spend much less time socializing than past generations did, @rosehorowitch reports. She explores the theories behind the campus loneliness crisis:
Just announced: @Kaepernick7 and @jemelehill will be in conversation at The Atlantic Festival, September 17–19 in New York City. See the speakers list and get your pass at #TAF26#
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Vacations can help travelers explore new places with a fresh curiosity—but that mindset doesn’t need to be reserved for trips abroad, @RafaelaJinich writes. Atlantic writers and editors share their advice on how to rediscover the places they know best:
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The push to shut down ICE facilities in blue states has potential to backfire for immigration activists, @nickmiroff reports. He explores why the keep-ICE-out approach has downsides that Democrats rarely acknowledge:
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To hear what's unusual about country artist Ella Langley, you have to listen closely and pick up on what she's not saying, writes @skornhaber:
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“If random disclosure of common-sense-defying detail is your idea of a searing, poignant journey into the light of faith,” there’s plenty of it in J. D. Vance’s new book, "Communion," Matthew Walther writes.
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Pete Hegseth’s message to pilots—that they can break flight rules without consequences, so long as what they do looks cool—is making an already dangerous job more lethal, @BrynnTannehill argues:
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Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” features biblical themes and symbols that aren’t present in Homer’s poem. @LuisParrales_ argues that this doesn’t mean the film is Christian—but it is “God-haunted”:
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