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Spencer Platt / Getty America’s Death Trap
Why the life-expectancy rate in the United States is falling behind that in other rich countries
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Jim Bourg / Pool /AFP via Getty The Trump-Biden Rematch Is Inevitable
The choices will be a traditional American politician or a de facto cult leader—again.
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Elena Mudd A Voice of Reason in the Workout World
Entertainment musts from Julie Beck
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Christopher Anderson / Magnum The End of an Internet Era
Life online is losing chaos, unpredictability, and delight—all of the things that made it fun.
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Frederic J. Brown / AFP via Getty Elon Musk’s Disastrous Week
For the tech world’s most attention-grabbing man, performance comes before substance.
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Illustration by The Atlantic. Sources: U.S. Department of … How to Support Evan Gershkovich
Russia’s detention of a Wall Street Journal reporter is part of a disturbing global phenomenon.
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Angela Weiss / AFP via Getty The Influencer Economy Is Warping the American Dream
Social-media influencing is both an alternative to traditional American capitalism and an embodiment of it.
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Stefani Reynolds / AFP / Getty Appalachia’s Quiet Time Bombs
The deadly floods that swept a pocket of eastern Kentucky challenge common preconceptions about climate villains and victims.
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A24 A Movie to Watch—And Weep Over—Alone
Entertainment musts from Faith Hill
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Courtesy of Elaine Godfrey What Do I Do With This Baby Squirrel?
Wildlife experts answer pressing springtime questions.
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Timothy A. Clary / AFP / Getty Fox News on Trial
The most influential media company in America is about to be tested like never before.
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Michael Swensen / Getty The New Lines of the Gun-Reform Battle
The American public supports some stricter gun measures. Will the country ever enact them?
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Ali Majdfar / Getty Why Wisconsin Has Republicans Worried
The state’s judicial race is a possible determinant of the GOP’s 2024 prospects.
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Brendan Smialowski / AFP / Getty Abortion Opponents’ Next Push
A series of recent legal battles has been about abortion pills—but also about the anti-abortion movement’s broader post-Roe strategy.
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Brian Rasic / Getty Weepy British Alt-Rock That Stands the Test of Time
Entertainment musts from Derek Thompson
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Joel Saget / AFP / Getty The Trouble With Ozempic
Weight-loss drugs show great promise—but they also pose challenges that pharmaceutical innovation alone can’t overcome.
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Bettmann / Getty The Week That Made Modern America
The widely forgotten story of the week that followed Martin Luther King Jr.’s death, and how it altered the nation’s history, as explained by Vann R. Newkirk II
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Alex Wong / Getty Trump’s Authoritarian Playbook
The former president and his minions are endangering a judge’s family.
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Curtis Means / Reuters / Redux The Arraignment of Citizen Trump
The former president stands accused of 34 counts of felony—and there’s a long way to go from here.
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Getty Putin Presses the Nuclear Nerve Again
Russia’s latest moves are useless, stupid, and provocative.
