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The Atlantic The Atlantic Daily: Don’t Follow Your Gut in a Pandemic
The instinct to forage for information can be dizzying—and not always useful.
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The Atlantic The Atlantic Daily: The Future of American Party Politics
Partisan loyalty continues to threaten the process of lawmaking. Our writers reflect on the past and future of party politics in America—and how partisanship affects the American people.
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The Atlantic The Atlantic Daily: It’s Okay to Feel Burned Out
Our lives are different now. One year in, you might’ve picked up some weird pandemic habits, or maybe you’re just battling chronic burnout. It’s all okay.
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The Atlantic The Atlantic Daily: We’re Still Thinking About the Pandemic Wrong
Data are the key to understanding this pandemic, and yet America has never fully understood its own data systems. Plus: A family that lives permanently on daylight saving time.
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Hulton Archive / Getty / Adam Maida / … The Atlantic Daily: The Art We Turned to This Year
Writers and editors from around our newsroom share the shows, books, and movies that helped them through this enormously challenging year.
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The Atlantic The Atlantic Daily: First Came the Pandemic. Then Came New Parenthood.
Parents feel the daily strains of this pandemic especially acutely. Plus: How should you behave if only some of your household is vaccinated?
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The Atlantic The Atlantic Daily: We’re Forgetting What Normal Was
A year into this pandemic, our brains are still trying to make sense of what’s happened to us.
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The Atlantic The Atlantic Daily: Understanding Long COVID
In the latest issue of our magazine, Meghan O’Rourke surveys what doctors know so far about treating this scary illness—and how these studies could transform medicine.
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The Atlantic The Atlantic Daily: When Will Kids Return to the Classroom?
One state might have a way to keep schools open.
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The Atlantic The Atlantic Daily: The Future of American Voting Rights Is on the Line
Significant changes to voting legislation are being considered by individual states, Congress, and the Supreme Court.
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The Atlantic Daily: How Our Pandemic Public-Health Messaging Backfired
More good vaccine news arrives, but not all Americans are on the same page when it comes to the rollout.
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Adam Maida A Playlist for Your Next Walk
It’s time for a walk. Liven it up with a peppy playlist of an hour of new music, chosen for you by our music writer.
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The Atlantic Daily: A Guide to America’s Awkward, Semi-Vaccinated Months
Our writers lay out how to think about safety as the country takes its next steps.
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Carolyn Drake / Magnum The Atlantic Daily: 14 Fixes for Pandemic Monotony
We’ve arrived at the final stretch of this pandemic. Break up the monotony of isolation with a small activity, as suggested by our newsroom.
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The Atlantic The Atlantic Daily: Americans’ Long-Awaited Return to Normal
At long last, Americans are able to see the relief on the horizon, and the end of the outbreak that’s cost the country more than 500,000 lives.
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The Atlantic Daily: Texas Failed in 3 Big Ways
The power is back on in most of Texas, but millions of residents still woke up without access to safe drinking water. How did things in the Lone Star State get so bad?
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The Atlantic Daily: Summer for Americans Could Feel ‘Normal’
The season may be one of hugs and hot dogs. We send you into the weekend with promising news (and a few suggestions for what to do).
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The Atlantic Daily: The Real Scandal of Ted Cruz’s Vacation
A snowstorm revealed a political-leadership vacuum in Texas. Then: Hoping to get a COVID-19 vaccine soon? It’ll take you a month, likely longer, to reach immunity.
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The Atlantic Daily: 4 Reasons the Pandemic Is Slowing Down
Coronavirus cases continue to fall in America. What’s behind the drop? Then: Meet hyperpop, a chaotic new musical genre.
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The Atlantic Daily: What’s Next for Trumpism?
Donald Trump’s antidemocratic campaign to overturn the 2020 election results earned the former president barely an institutional wrist-slap. Then: Why were we so cruel to Britney Spears?
