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The Atlantic Daily: How Today’s Teens Pass Notes During Class

Throwing a crumpled-up piece of paper across the room is so 1998—enter Google Docs. Also, some reading, listening, and watching recommendations for the weekend
- Caroline Mimbs Nyce
- July 26, 2019
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The Atlantic Daily: These Attacks Could’ve Been Prevented

But nationwide, evidence that might’ve put away serial rapists often goes untested. Plus: the lawsuit against Obamacare, about the Trump tweets, and more
- Caroline Mimbs Nyce
- July 15, 2019
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The Atlantic Daily: This Era Breeds a Certain Kind of Conspiracy Theorist

The Jeffrey Epstein case is a window into why so many Americans let their imagination run wild when it comes to elite corruption. Plus: R. Kelly, TikTok, and more
- Caroline Mimbs Nyce and Shan Wang
- July 12, 2019
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A Very Trumpian Fourth of July

A guide to today’s festivities: complicating some historical figures, some patriotic reads, an oldie but a goodie, and, yes, a brief word about those tanks
- Caroline Mimbs Nyce
- July 4, 2019
Left, Right, But Not Center

The traditional center loses out in the latest European parliamentary elections. Plus: A former Marine colonel cautions against the temptation of revenge in war.
- Shan Wang
- May 27, 2019
Come What May

Theresa May is giving up with no Brexit deal in hand. Plus: Burger King wades into the student-debt crisis, the scandal beyond Operation Varsity Blues, and more
- Shan Wang
- May 24, 2019
The Fate of Christianity in the Middle East

Do Christians have a place in the region where the faith first took root? Plus: the MTHFR gene and anti-vaxxers, Barack Obama isn't endorsing yet, and more
- Shan Wang
- May 23, 2019
The Atlantic Daily: The ‘American Taliban’ is Leaving Prison. Now What?

Just as the the U.S. is talking peace with the Taliban. Plus: who’s afraid of impeachment, office temperatures are too damn low, the lonely dining table, and more
- Saahil Desai and Shan Wang
- May 22, 2019
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The Atlantic Daily: How the Huawei Drama Benefits American Tech

But what about China? Plus: the 2020 candidate with the most actualized policies so far, and waiting for George R. R. Martin to conclude The Game of Thrones.
- Saahil Desai and Shan Wang
- May 21, 2019
The Atlantic Daily: Oh, the Places You’ll Go

When paying off $40 million in tuition debt for these graduating seniors still only does so much. Plus: how this space object ended up with a dark nickname, abortions or adoptions, and more
- Shan Wang and Saahil Desai
- May 20, 2019
The Atlantic Daily: Putting a Number on Disadvantage

The College Board will add a measure of students' life circumstances alongside test scores. Plus: faulty foundations of the research linking genes and depression, and more
- Shan Wang
- May 17, 2019
The Atlantic Daily: Consider the Magic Mushroom

The mushroom lobby is microscopic, but the national discourse on psychedelics is expanding. Plus: What pornography is or isn’t doing to (for?) our sex lives, and more
- Shan Wang
- May 16, 2019
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The Atlantic Daily: A March to War, or Business as Usual

Both the U.S. and Iran are sending confusing signals. Plus: states move on Roe v. Wade, eyes on Greenland, the American obsession with serial-killer lore, and more
- Saahil Desai and Shan Wang
- May 15, 2019
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The Atlantic Daily: Moon Money, Moon Problems

Trump asks for $1.6 billion for NASA to get astronauts back on the moon by 2024. Plus: the rise of long distance, why American breakfast foods are boring, and more
- Saahil Desai and Shan Wang
- May 14, 2019
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The Atlantic Daily: When China Strikes Back

1, 2, 3, 4, he declared a trade war. Plus: Huawei’s new Europe-inspired corporate campus, and a food revolution has transformed our eating habits—just not for the better.
- Saahil Desai and Shan Wang
- May 13, 2019
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The Atlantic Daily: A Risky Business

Uber pitches its vision to Wall Street. Plus: who—or what—is responsible for funding K-12 schools, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s war on intellect, and more
- Saahil Desai and Shan Wang
- May 10, 2019
The Atlantic Daily: Should One Platform Have All That Power?

Plus: You may have nothing to hide—but you should care about internet privacy, what astronauts do for fun in space, the real damage of pretend active-shooter drills, and more
- Saahil Desai and Shan Wang
- May 9, 2019
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The Atlantic Daily: A Little-Known (Yet Popular) Climate Policy

Renewables standards rise; carbon-tax proposals fall. Plus: when the House can arrest AG William Barr, pitting religious freedom against abortion rights, and more
- Saahil Desai and Shan Wang
- May 8, 2019
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The Atlantic Daily: Show Me the Money

What could be revealed in the president’s tax returns? Plus: Laws against fertility doctors using their own sperm, ‘Game of Thrones’ explores electability, and more
- Saahil Desai and Shan Wang
- May 7, 2019
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The Atlantic Daily: Seventh in Line to the Throne

We’ll never be royals—but Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s new baby? Plus: the incredible life of the ‘goddess of good sex,’ cancer fakers online, and more
- Saahil Desai and Shan Wang
- May 6, 2019