Barbara Bush Changed With Her Country
The former first lady was notably eager to learn about people she didn’t understand—and recognize she might have been wrong about them.
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Adrees Latif / Reuters Can the U.S. Government Seize an Anti-Trump Website's Visitor Logs?
The Department of Justice is seeking the 1.3 million IP addresses that accessed a website advertising Inauguration Day protests.
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David A. Graham / The Atlantic Durham's Confederate Statue Comes Down
Unwilling to wait for local officials to act to take down a Civil War monument, a group of protesters took matters into their own hands Monday night.
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Can Democrats Gain Ground in Deep-Red Alabama?
A crowded field of candidates is vying for the Senate seat vacated by Jeff Sessions, despite extremely long odds.
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Scott Olson / Getty Vigils, Marches, and Memorials After Charlottesville
In squares and streets across the United States, vigils and marches were held this weekend in response to the hatred and violence on display during a rally in Charlottesville on Saturday.
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Justin Ide / Reuters Could Police Have Prevented Bloodshed in Charlottesville?
Neo-Nazis and counter-protesters alike think that local and state police should have done a better job keeping violence from breaking out over the weekend.
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The Problem With Confederate Monuments
New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu believes that the Civil War should be remembered, not revered.
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Steve Helber / AP Why Charlottesville?
The university town was once named “the happiest city in America.” More and more, though, it’s the setting for hatred.
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AP The Hoods Are Off
The “Unite the Right” gathering wasn’t a Klan rally at all. It was a pride march.
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Seth Herald / The Atlantic Bloodshed in Charlottesville
A photojournalist captures scenes from a Virginia city beset with violence as white nationalists clashed with counter-protesters.
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Steve Helber / AP When Does a Fringe Movement Stop Being Fringe?
Even the most feared white supremacists in the lore of Jim Crow were just regular white men.
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Joshua Roberts / Reuters Alt-Right Members in Charlottesville Vow Not to Back Down
“This is a phenomenal victory.”
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Pablo Martinez Monsivais / AP The Hidden Meaning of Trump's Charlottesville Remarks
Reading between the lines of a denunciation of hatred, bigotry, and violence
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Darrin Zammit Lupi / Reuters Nuclear Anxiety Returns to America
People are talking about thermonuclear war again—and they're out of practice.
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Radio Atlantic: Kurt Andersen on How America Lost Its Mind
Magical thinking and "alternative facts" have a long, proud history in these United States.
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters Trump Informally Declares the Opioid Crisis a National Emergency
Once the proper paperwork is drawn up, the president’s unexpected and off-the-cuff announcement will free up disaster funding for cities and states dealing with the epidemic.
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Carlos Barria / Reuters Do Republicans Actually Want to Postpone the 2020 Election?
A new survey highlights a threat to American democracy, but it’s not what it initially appears to be.
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David McNew / Getty Images Will Other States Join California's International Climate Pact?
The state has for years been part of the Western Climate Initiative, Inc.—a nonprofit company it formed with Canadian provinces to coordinate emissions programs.
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Paul J. Richards / AFP / Getty When Prisoners Are a 'Revenue Opportunity'
As jails install systems that let inmates videochat with "visitors" no matter where they may be, it’s private companies that appear to have the most to gain.
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Carolyn Kaster / AP Should the Democratic Party Reject Pro-Life Candidates?
Its current platform upholds “safe and legal” abortion, but some activists want its leaders to draw a line at supporting those who would legislate based on their beliefs.
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Steve Stibbens / AP More in the Chickenhawk Chronicles
