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July 15, 2026
Social Security Is Running Out of Time
Maya MacGuineas on the looming exhaustion of the Social Security Trust Fund and whether America will ever have a responsible federal budget. Plus: another ICE shooting and A Place of Greater Safety...
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July 13, 2026
Party Machines Weren’t So Bad After All
By empowering political parties, the Supreme Court has delivered a win for American democracy.
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July 8, 2026
Is the Left Driving Women Away?
Shannon Watts on the increasing hostility toward women among some progressive voters. Plus: the Graham Platner news and Killing Baby Hitler by Michael Tomasky.
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July 5, 2026
What Trump’s July 4 Speech Revealed
The president demanded credit for a history that he regards as a sucker’s mistake.
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July 1, 2026
America at 250: Is the Experiment Failing?
The Atlantic’s editor in chief, Jeffrey Goldberg, on America’s 250th anniversary and the American idea today. Plus: what we can learn from American history on this Fourth of July and City on a Hill...
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June 24, 2026
Did Trump Surrender to Iran?
Inside the Trump-Iran negotiations, with Vivian Salama. Plus: Why do people no longer care about climate change? And Bel Canto by Ann Patchett.
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June 17, 2026
Cuba Is Collapsing. Will Trump Invade?
CNN international correspondent Patrick Oppmann on Trump’s fixation on Cuba, the current state of the Cuban government, and what happens next. Plus: J. D. Vance’s presidential aspirations and Othello.
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June 10, 2026
Republicans vs. the Fourteenth Amendment
Professor David W. Blight on President Trump’s war on the Fourteenth Amendment. Plus: Brexit at 10 years and 1873 by Liaquat Ahamed.
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June 6, 2026
Democrats Have to Choose Between Character and Power
Just a few years ago, Republicans sacrificed an Alabama Senate seat rather than endure an unacceptable colleague. Will Democrats do the same in Maine?
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June 3, 2026
How to Save the Supreme Court From Itself
Kate Shaw on reforming the U.S. Supreme Court. Plus: extremism in the Democratic Party, and the history of the word graduate.
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June 3, 2026
Another Chance for Trump to Cash Out
The president’s battle over presidential records is more serious than it looks.
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June 2, 2026
Why the Worst Get on Top
Trump’s choice of Bill Pulte for acting director of national intelligence is both terrifying and predictable.
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May 31, 2026
Trump’s 250th Celebration Is a Fiasco
The president has turned a solemn occasion into a Day of Trump.
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May 27, 2026
Has Trump Corrupted the Military?
Representative Jason Crow on the chaos at Pete Hegseth’s “Department of War.” Plus: Trump’s Iran defeat and James Boswell’s The Life of Samuel Johnson.
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May 24, 2026
Why Trump Lost
The president failed to deliver on his Iran bluster, and in the end fooled only himself.
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May 21, 2026
The New Blood Libel
This is what globalizing the intifada looks like.
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May 20, 2026
Trump’s Iran War: America Loss Is China’s Win
Phillips O’Brien on the global fallout of Putin’s war in Russia, Trump’s war in Iran, and MAGA’s indifference toward Taiwan. Plus: Trump’s new slush fund and What Science Says About Astrology.
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May 13, 2026
What Happens if the U.S. Defaults?
Lloyd Blankfein on the growing U.S. debt, polarization, the state of the economy, and what a United States default would look like. Plus: Trump-branded cellphones and the decline of public confiden...
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May 7, 2026
Trump Gets His Way in Indiana
Yesterday’s election sent a message to all Republicans of conscience.
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May 6, 2026
How to Survive Losing a Child
Danielle Crittenden on losing a daughter, grief, and her new memoir, Dispatches From Grief.
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April 29, 2026
Who Is the Real Base of the Democratic Party?
Jamal Simmons on lessons from the 2024 election, how Democrats can win in 2028, and who the real base of the Democratic Party is. Plus: Why the White House Correspondents’ Dinner feels so out of to...
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April 26, 2026
MAGA Loses Its Lust for Vengeance
Instead of a crackdown on his enemies, Trump wants his ballroom.
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April 22, 2026
On the Brink of Global Recession
The economist Adam Posen on the effect of the war in Iran on the world’s economy and the darkening economic outlook for the United States. Plus: A shifting partisan balance of power and Ask Not: Th...
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