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Exploring the American idea through ambitious, essential reporting and storytelling. Of no party or clique since 1857. theatlantic.com

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More Americans are spending time at home with family—but in doing so, they may be missing out on other important connections, @fhill_official writes: theatlantic.com/family/2026/11…

www.theatlantic.com The Socializing That’s Replacing Friend Time More Americans are hanging out with family—by choice, but also by necessity.

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Harmeet Dhillon, the head of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, has resigned, leaving a trail of destruction behind her—just as she intended, @GrahamDavidA argues. theatlantic.com/newsletters/20…

www.theatlantic.com Harmeet Dhillon’s Tenure of Destruction The head of the department’s Civil Rights Division has resigned, leaving a trail of damage behind her—just as she intended.

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“The rise in anxiety among American humans has been exhaustively documented. With much less fanfare, we also seem to have entered the age of the anxious canine,” @rosehorowitch wrote in 2023: theatln.tc/Tm63V1ua

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Russell Brand built a career while regularly objectifying women—and all while his enablers eagerly watched, Sophie Gilbert argues: theatlantic.com/culture/2026/1…

www.theatlantic.com A Monster of His Time Russell Brand’s sexual transgressions were never hidden. They’re what made him so popular.

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If Susie Wiles was a guardrail for Donald Trump, his new chief of staff is “an accelerant for a president who already has rash tendencies,” Atlantic staff writers report. They detail Stephen Miller’s rise: theatln.tc/0uvxAovq

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