The caning of an abolitionist senator in 1856 shocked a complacent nation. Today, the incident feels like a useful lesson about how words can incite violence—and help defeat it, @RMPWolfe argues:

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In its finale, “Euphoria” tried to provide both a serious look at the opioid epidemic and an homage to action-Western tropes about good and evil—ultimately undermining the significance of its heroine's journey, @shirklesxp argues.

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Brad Lander's challenge to incumbent Rep. Dan Goldman in NY-10, one of the nation's most progressive congressional districts, has brought out the fractures of the Democratic Party's left wing, reports @russellberman.

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For once, Trump doesn't want more attention on himself—perhaps because many of his signature initiatives aren't going so well, @GrahamDavidA argues in The Atlantic Daily. : Brendan Smialowski / AFP / Getty

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Summer is coming down to a choice between enduring the heat and avoiding it—both of which might, in their own ways, be making people sick, @yeahyeahyasmin reported in 2025.

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The 100-year-old D-Day veteran Joe Picard is one of few people left with a memory of the greatest military operation of the 20th century—and his stories are a marker against which to measure how much he, and the country, has changed, Kevin Maurer writes:

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Republicans once sacrificed a Senate seat on the strategic calculation that they were better off without a disreputable colleague—a choice that Democrats now face, @davidfrum argues.

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Xi Jinping’s running of China as a government-subsidized, export-driven manufacturing juggernaut “is not just bad for whole industries around the world; it’s also distorting China’s economy and alienating trading partners,” @MichaelSchuman argues:

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The Founders could never have imagined America’s modern information environment—and the “question for our democracy is whether a system designed for the communications technologies of the 18th century can survive those of the 21st,” @JeffreyRosen argues.

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When did redeeming credit-card rewards get so complicated? @elcush looks into it: (From 2025)

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No Russian thinker has worked harder than Aleksandr Dugin to rationalize the invasion of Ukraine—but Dugin, along with many other Russian elites, has run out of cogent stories to tell, @shustry reports:

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The controversy surrounding the casting of Lupita Nyong’o as Helen of Troy in Christopher Nolan’s adaptation of “The Odyssey” says “more about today’s pathological understanding of identity than it does about classical antiquity,” @thomaschattwill argues.

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The hit movie “Obsession” dramatizes a particular kind of Gen Z anxiety spiral, Emma Stefansky writes: