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When Adding New States Helped the Republicans
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Putting new stars on the U.S. flag has always been political. But D.C. statehood is a modest partisan ploy compared with the mass admission of underpopulated western territories—which boosts the GOP even 130 years later.
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The Atlantic "Admitting either or both Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia to the union is less a political power play on the Democrats’ part than the late-19th-century partisan move that still warps American politics," argues Heather Cox Richardson. 2h
The Problem With the Whistle-Blower System
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As the country learned this week, authorities have too much power to decide the fate of whistle-blower claims, especially when they involve the intelligence community.
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The Atlantic As the country learned this week, authorities have too much power to decide the fate of whistleblower claims, especially when they involve the intelligence community, reports 8h
If This Isn’t Impeachable, Nothing Is
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The president reportedly sought the help of a foreign government against Joe Biden.
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The Atlantic "There is no spin, no deflection, no alternate theory of the case that can get around the central fact that President Trump attempted to use his office for his own gain, and that he put...the United States at risk while doing so," argues . 9h
'Monos' Is a Creepy and Dreamy Spin on 'Lord of the Flies'
David Sims - The Atlantic 15h 1 tweets
Alejandro Landes’s new film examines the strange existence of an isolated crew of teen soldiers living on a mountaintop.
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The Atlantic Alejandro Landes’s 'Monos,' a film about a group of teen soldiers in an unnamed South American country, "mixes the spectacular with the mundanely disturbing," writes. 15h
Donald Trump Knows How to End Homelessness
David A. Graham - The Atlantic 58h 2 tweets
As a real-estate developer, he repeatedly argued that building adequate housing requires federal subsidies. As president, he’s forgotten that.
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The Atlantic As a real-estate developer, he repeatedly argued that building adequate housing requires federal subsidies. As president, he’s forgotten that, argues 15h
We’re Now in the Hot Zone for Impeachment
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New reports about President Trump’s calls with the Ukrainian president could push Nancy Pelosi to recalculate the politics of an attempt to remove him from office.
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The Atlantic New reports about Trump's calls with the Ukrainian president may have irreversibly pushed him into the impeachment hot zone, writes 6h
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The Atlantic New reports about Trump's calls with the Ukrainian president may have irreversibly pushed him into the impeachment hot zone, writes 16h
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The Atlantic New reports about Trump's calls with the Ukrainian president may have irreversibly pushed him into the impeachment hot zone, writes 21h
Many Secrets, No Mysteries
David Frum - The Atlantic 57h 5 tweets
A whistle-blower complaint raises the possibility that President Trump has betrayed the duties of his office.
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The Atlantic "Exactly what was promised in this particular conversation, and to whom, America and the world wait to hear ... But the basic grammar of all Trump scandals has been visible from the beginning: many secrets, no mysteries," writes . 41m
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The Atlantic "Exactly what was promised in this particular conversation, and to whom, America and the world wait to hear ... But the basic grammar of all Trump scandals has been visible from the beginning: many secrets, no mysteries," writes . 22h
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The Atlantic "Exactly what was promised in this particular conversation, and to whom, America and the world wait to hear ... But the basic grammar of all Trump scandals has been visible from the beginning: many secrets, no mysteries," writes . 27h
It’s Happening in Plain Sight
David A. Graham - The Atlantic 29h 1 tweets
Just like in 2016, the president’s most egregious misconduct is unfolding in the open.
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The Atlantic Just like in 2016, the president’s most egregious conduct has unfolded in plain view, argues 29h
Children Know It’s Time to Panic About Climate Change
Franklin Foer - The Atlantic 32h 8 tweets
Teen activist Greta Thunberg has taken on anxieties far beyond her years. Adults should listen.
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The Atlantic "Where adult politicians have failed to provide moral leadership, children have been impressed into service," writes. 32h
Trump’s War on Blue America
Ronald Brownstein - The Atlantic 55h 3 tweets
The president’s move to revoke California’s authority to set car-emission standards is part of a broader push to stymie the states that voted against him.
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The Atlantic Donald Trump's move to revoke California’s authority to set car-emission standards is part of a pattern: his harnessing of federal power to stymie the states that voted against him. reports 3h
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The Atlantic Donald Trump's move to revoke California’s authority to set car-emission standards is part of a pattern: his harnessing of federal power to stymie the states that voted against him. reports 39h
How to Keep Teachers From Leaving the Profession
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After 38 years in education, Judith Harper thinks what teachers are missing is more time to learn from one another.
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The Atlantic Arizona educators have been fighting for higher salaries and better resources. But in order to succeed, one veteran educator argues that teachers also need more time to learn from one another, writes . 40h
Imagine If Obama Had Done This
Uri Friedman - The Atlantic 50h 3 tweets
Republicans have tolerated plenty of foreign-policy moves by Trump that they would never have let his predecessor get away with. Will that continue with Iran?
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The Atlantic Republicans have tolerated plenty of foreign-policy moves by Trump that they would never have let his predecessor get away with. looks at those issues 41h
'Unbelievable' Is TV's Most Humane Show
Sophie Gilbert - The Atlantic 45h 1 tweets
The Netflix series is a remarkable study of how sexual-assault investigations should be conducted, and how they shouldn’t.
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The Atlantic Since it debuted on Friday, "Unbelievable” has become one of Netflix’s coveted word-of-mouth hits. on why the show’s storytelling is so revolutionary 45h
North America Has Lost a Quarter of Its Birds in 50 Years
Ed Yong - The Atlantic 52h 10 tweets
Though the continent has lost 3 billion birds since 1970, those losses are hard to glean because it’s the commonest species that have been hit hardest.
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The Atlantic It's not just endangered birds that are disappearing. Some of the most common species in North America—sparrows, warblers, blackbirds, and others—are losing millions upon millions of individuals, reports 49h
Britain’s Journalistic Antihero
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Carole Cadwalladr may be the most consequential journalist of her age. But is her activism undermining her reporting?
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The Atlantic To her fans, Carole Cadwalladr is an icon—a brave, irreverent, truth-seeking missile. To her opponents, she is a hysterical middle-aged conspiracy theorist. reports on the journalist whose reporting helped bring Cambridge Analytica down 54h
How the University of Texas Turned to Meritocracy to Slow Integration
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Long-hidden documents show the school’s blueprint for keeping out black students during the civil-rights era.
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The Atlantic "Decades ago, administrators at UT calculated that standardized tests would tamp down the number of African Americans at UT," argues 21h
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The Atlantic "Decades ago, administrators at UT calculated that standardized tests would tamp down the number of African Americans at UT," argues 57h
Algorithms Are People
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The secret sauce of search engines gives tech companies an abundance of plausible deniability.
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The Atlantic Companies such as Amazon, Apple, and Google have been accused of unfairly biasing their search tools. But the charges are almost impossible to prove because the black box of search algorithms shields the humans who make them, writes 3d
‘This Is Clearly Coming From Outside the Solar System’
Marina Koren - The Atlantic 3d 1 tweets
The second known visitor to our cosmic neighborhood from another star is making quite an entrance.
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The Atlantic “This is clearly coming from outside the solar system.” The second known interstellar object is here, and astronomers will have months to get to know it, reports 3d
The Impact of Climate Change on Kivalina, Alaska
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The small village of Kivalina is threatened on several fronts by a warming Arctic climate, as the ground it sits on erodes, and the animals the villagers rely on become more difficult to hunt.
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The Atlantic A warming climate has led to rapid erosion of the land, shifting migration patterns of wildlife that villagers rely on for food, and poor hunting (which means more food purchased in a store, further increasing the cost of living). Via 3d
Robert O'Brien Should Have to Face Senate Confirmation
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Requiring congressional approval would be good for Trump, good for his choice for national-security adviser, and good for the country.
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The Atlantic "Congress has never required confirmation of the national-security adviser, instead deferring to presidents to choose their staffs," writes . "It is time for that to change." 3d