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Chris Maggio Eight Absorbing Reads for Independence Day Weekend
Plus: The search for America’s Atlantis
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Illustration by Luci Gutiérrez A Happiness Expert’s Frank Advice for Joe Biden
Arthur C. Brooks on the trap of staying on too long
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Svetlanais / Getty What Color Is a Hot Dog?
Red, brown, or something else entirely?
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Andrew Harnik / Getty Is the Biden Bubble Bursting?
Some establishment Democrats are starting to face reality.
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Justin Sullivan / Getty When Assessing Presidential Fitness, Consider Racism
An excavation of Trump’s “Black jobs” claim
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Stefani Reynolds / AFP via Getty Trump’s Risky Reaction to the Immunity Decision
Three Atlantic writers on the Supreme Court ruling and what it means for the presidency
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Universal Images Group North America LLC / Alamy A Self-Aware Teen Soap
Culture and entertainment musts from Isabel Fattal
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Win McNamee / Getty The End of the Biden Era
I didn’t think it would come to this.
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Brandon Bell / Getty The Unadorned Truth About Donald Trump
We must treat him like any other candidate for high office who is emotionally and mentally unstable.
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Alexander Farnsworth / Getty Why Your Airport Burger Costs That Much
Yes, travelers have nowhere else to go. But that’s not the only reason everything is so expensive at the gate.
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ZoranMilisavljevic83 / Getty The Teen Summer Job Is Back
A classic way to spend the season was falling out of style—until the arrival of the weird economy of the past few years.
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Jim Watson / AFP via Getty How ‘Pro-Life’ Lost all Meaning
The anti-abortion movement may have won the battle with Dobbs, but the war is just getting started.
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Touchstone Television / Album / Alamy A Beloved Show That Needs to Finally End
Culture and entertainment musts from Kate Guarino
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Kena Betancur / AFP via Getty The New American Mall
The future of large shopping centers will encompass much more than shopping.
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Brendan Smialowski / AFP / Getty The Flimsiness of Trumponomics
Trump’s latest reported idea would result in massive tax cuts for the ultrarich—at the expense of other Americans.
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Lisa Lake / Getty What to Watch, Read, and Listen To Today
Three Atlantic writers and editors share their Juneteenth recommendations.
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mauritius images GmbH / Alamy America the Air-Conditioned
Cooling technology has become an American necessity—but an expensive one.
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Bill Pugliano / Getty Trump World Seems Worried
Either that, or they’re betting their base doesn’t care about the truth.
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Pictorial Press Ltd / Alamy The Perfect-Length Movie
Culture and entertainment musts from Evan McMurry
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Eduardo Munoz Alvarez / Getty An All-American Hot-Dog Controversy
What happens when you combine franks, the Fourth of July, a sponsorship dispute, and a Netflix special?
