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The Slow, Then Sudden, Death of the Hawkish Democrat
The Atlantic 20 Mar 2026
The speech that arguably won Barack Obama the presidency was delivered six years before he ran for the White House and four years before he reached Congress ... “I don’t oppose war in all circumstances,” he declared at a Chicago rally ... [David Frum ... .
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Joe Kent’s Secret
The Atlantic 17 Mar 2026
In February 2025, Donald Trump nominated Joe Kent, a 2020-election conspiracy theorist with links to the Proud Boys and white supremacists, as head of the National Counterterrorism Center. What could possibly go wrong? ... [Yair Rosenberg ... [Read ... .
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How America Learned to Love Barnes & Noble Again
The Atlantic 14 Mar 2026
Barnes & Noble was once the avatar for sinister big-box stores on the march against independent businesses ... Local bookstores were, at the time, folding en masse, and people were mad about the growing predominance of chain retail ... Alfred A ... .
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How a 50-Year-Old Study About Milkshakes Duped Psychology
The Atlantic 13 Mar 2026
Back in the early 1970s, psychologists at Northwestern University performed an experiment that, on the surface, looked like a child’s fantasy. The researchers gathered 45 college women and asked some of them to drink a milkshake—or two ... [Read ... [Read ... .
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What Anthropic’s Clash With the Pentagon Is Really About
The Atlantic 10 Mar 2026
The weekslong conflict between Anthropic and the Department of Defense is entering a new phase ... The standoff is unprecedented. For the past few weeks, Anthropic has been in heated negotiations with the Pentagon over how the U.S ... [Read ... [Read ... .
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‘We Need to Do McCarthyism to the Tenth Power’
The Atlantic 06 Mar 2026
For decades, Senator Joseph R. McCarthy’s name has been used as shorthand for the opposite of the aspirational ideal of civilized American politics ... In 1954, the conservative patron saint William F. Buckley Jr ... Brent Bozell Jr ... Marshall ... [Read ... [Read ... .
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The Dangerous Munitions Mismatch Between America and Iran
The Atlantic 04 Mar 2026
The American air campaign against Iran would seem to be a tactical and an operational success. The United States has struck 1,700 targets in Iran and apparently suffered only six fatalities ... Two kinds of missiles are in hot demand on the battlefield ... .
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Four Conditions Make Cash Transfers Save Lives
The Atlantic 28 Feb 2026
Of all the ways that governments can try to help people, cash transfers can seem like one of the most straightforward. Their popularity has been growing. Over the past decade, dozens of American cities have launched cash-transfer pilots ... Most U.S ... U.S ... .
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Gen Z Women Are Having an Identity Crisis
The Atlantic 23 Feb 2026
On a sunny Monday last November, I filed into a single large room in Washington, D.C. There I saw a crowd of older white men, wearing crisp suits and shaking hands; a few women were sprinkled among them ... The question was what to do about it ... Richard V ... .
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