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Saul Martinez / Bloomberg / Getty The Atlantic Daily: Why Wait for a Booster Shot?
Booster shots for Americans are likely on the way. With extremely low vaccination rates worldwide, is it too soon to get one?
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The Atlantic The Atlantic Daily: This Is Heat Season, Not Summer
America is burning up and burning down. This week’s extreme heat is a reminder that climate change is here.
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The Atlantic The Atlantic Daily: The Pandemic’s Endgame Has Changed
When will the pandemic be over? Our staff writer Ed Yong offers some insight.
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The Atlantic The Atlantic Daily: A New Pandemic Reality for America’s Kids
Delta is driving pediatric COVID-19 hospitalizations to their highest point yet in the pandemic. What do we do about America’s unvaccinated children?
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The Atlantic The Atlantic Daily: Andrew Cuomo Had No Choice
The New York governor wanted to come out of the pandemic a hero. Instead, he leaves in disgrace.
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The Atlantic Daily: One Family’s Struggle to Make Sense of 9/11
A conversation with Jennifer Senior today about her cover story—and what it teaches us about grief.
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The Atlantic The Atlantic Daily: The Return-to-Office Existential Crisis
As the Delta variant spreads and offices delay their return plans, desk workers ask: Should we ever go back?
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Office of the NY Governor / AP The Atlantic Daily: What Did Andrew Cuomo Think Would Happen?
The governor of New York requested an investigation into allegations that he had sexually harassed multiple women. Today, the state attorney general’s office announced findings of at least 11 credible accusations.
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Adam Glanzman / Bloomberg / Getty The Atlantic Daily: 3 Key Tenets for the Pandemic’s Next Chapter
Delta is a menace—but we can still help keep it at bay with tools we’ve been using for the past year and a half.
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The Atlantic The Atlantic Daily: The Delta Whiplash Is Here
This week marked a turning point: Delta caught the country off guard and forced us to revisit our mitigation strategies. Plus: Here’s what to read and watch as July turns into August.
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The Atlantic The Atlantic Daily: Is This the Start of a Healthier Era of Sports?
Simon Biles’s withdrawal from the Olympics reminds us that there are humans behind unfathomable athletic feats.
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The Atlantic The Atlantic Daily: How the Government Learned to Waste Your Time
The “time tax,” one of our writers argues, is a scourge, and the government needs to take responsibility for it.
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Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times … The Atlantic Daily: How to Process the New CDC Mask Guidelines
The CDC updated its masking guidelines in light of the Delta variant’s potential to infect the vaccinated. Try to take the news in stride.
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The Atlantic Daily: Unvaccinated Is Different From Anti-Vax
Why is only half of America vaccinated? Here’s what we know about the remaining vaccine holdouts.
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The Atlantic The Atlantic Daily: Is the California Dream Dead?
Two of our writers worry that the Golden State’s exceptionalism is failing.
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The Atlantic The Atlantic Daily: Delta Is Thriving on America’s Immunity Gap
With the country’s vaccination campaign sputtering, the variant is tearing through unvaccinated communities.
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The Atlantic The Atlantic Daily: Welcome to the Era of Private Space Travel
A rich man went to space and back in 11 minutes.
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The Atlantic Daily: Missouri Is a Warning
The Delta bump is here. For hospital workers, that means reliving a nightmare. Then: recommendations for the weekend.
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The Atlantic The Atlantic Daily: Ohio Is a Bellwether of Trumpism
The Republican Senate primary is a test for the party of Donald Trump, but not in the way you think.
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The Atlantic The Atlantic Daily: One Man’s Story of Escaping Genocide
A celebrated Uyghur writer gives a first-person account of the genocide in Xinjiang.
