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Illustration by Vartika Sharma for The Atlantic

Ozempic or Bust

America has been trying to address the obesity epidemic for four decades now. So far, each new “solution” has failed to live up to its early promise.

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Illustration by Tyler Comrie

The New Propaganda War

Autocrats in China, Russia, and elsewhere are now making common cause with MAGA Republicans to discredit liberalism and freedom around the world.

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Illustration by Vanessa Saba for The Atlantic. Sources: Virginia Department of Corrections / AP; Netflix.

What If He Actually Did It?

I argued that Jens Söring was wrongfully convicted of a double murder, and in 2019, he was released on parole after three decades in prison. Then I started having doubts about the case.

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Sources: Courtesy of David Shribman; Wieland Teixeira / Getty

The Man Who Died for the Liberal Arts

In 1942, aboard ship and heading for war, a young sailor—my uncle—wrote a letter home, describing and defining the principles he was fighting for.