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Nick Oxford / Bloomberg / Getty The Christmas Crisis
America needs Christmas cheer more than ever. Maybe next year.
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Craig F. Walker / The Boston Globe / … The Last Days of Loneliness
Long-term-care residents who have been confined to their rooms for months have to wait a bit longer before they can finally receive a vaccine.
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Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times / Getty The Real Reason Americans Aren’t Quarantining
Many states have quarantine requirements for visitors, but only one really enforces them: Hawaii.
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Sean Gallup / Getty A New Day for Queer People in the South
North Carolina’s ban on local protections for LGBTQ people expires today. But more fights lie ahead.
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Melissa Golden / Redux The Mastermind Behind Biden’s No-Drama Approach to Trump
Only one top Biden adviser isn’t joining him in the White House—but she’ll still stay close.
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Photo via Twitter / The Atlantic When a News Anchor Does the Government’s Job
What can we learn from Anne McCloy, the local news anchor who has helped thousands of Americans get unemployment benefits?
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The Atlantic The World’s Most Important Videoconference
How can Joe Biden build a government remotely during a pandemic?
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Gabriela Bhaskar / The New York Times / … Don’t Eat Inside a Restaurant
The risk of catching the coronavirus is much higher indoors.
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Mike Segar / Reuters / The Atlantic Never Trump, Forever
“I want the Republican Party to feel spanked,” says Mona Charen, a writer at the Never Trump website The Bulwark.
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Melissa Golden / Redux / Valerie Chiang What Just Happened in Georgia?
The once reliably red southern state just flipped blue. Its transformation has been a long time coming.
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Randall Hill / Reuters Joe Biden’s Likely Pick to Lead His Party
Tom Perez, the head of the Democratic National Committee, won’t run for reelection. Jaime Harrison, who raised more than $100 million for a failed U.S. Senate bid, is positioned to replace him.
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Jim Watson / AFP / Getty 77 Years, and a Few More Hours
Joe Biden has been waiting his whole life to be president. He’s still waiting.
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Getty/ Shutterstock / The Atlantic A Game Plan for Watching the Election Results
Figuring out what exactly is happening on Election Night can be hard. But we’ve got some advice.
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Getty / The Atlantic It Ain’t Over in Wisconsin
The Badger State could decide the presidency again. Or it could be “one of a bunch of cherries on top of a democracy sundae.”
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Mark Peterson / Redux Why Many White Men Love Trump’s Coronavirus Response
More than 80 percent of Republicans think the president is doing a great job with the pandemic. Here’s why.
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Jim Watson / AFP / Getty The 11,000 Votes That Haunt Michigan Democrats
Donald Trump barely won the state in 2016. Here’s how Democrats plan to flip it back.
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Getty / The Atlantic Cory Booker on Why the Democrats Haven’t Stopped Barrett
The senator from New Jersey talks about Donald Trump, race, and the Supreme Court—and says he thinks he’s “taking up space” in the president’s head.
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Shutterstock / The Atlantic The Catholics Who Hate Joe Biden—And Pope Francis
Some of Trump’s most committed Catholic supporters have leveled dark charges against Biden as they battle to sway the vote in crucial swing states. And wait until you hear what they think of the pope.
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Ron Haviv / VII / Redux Here Comes Obama
The arena politician won’t be appearing in an arena anytime soon. He has other plans.
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Shutterstock / The Atlantic How Conservatives Really Feel About Amy Coney Barrett
Even Trump-skeptical Republicans are relishing the prospect of a 6–3 Court.
