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The DNI’s office doesn’t explain exactly what the “Russia hoax” is, and for good reason. First, although the phrase has ...
On Telegram, an account linked to the Toledo, Ohio, chapter of the Proud Boys declared: “Toledo Boys living high on the hog ...
The proliferation of the term blood libel as a rhetorical tic is especially revealing. The blood libel is a medieval ...
“This is all I have,” she whispered, tearing a corner of the foil packet and squeezing a bit onto her finger. “I wish I could ...
Editor’s Note: Is anything ailing, torturing, or nagging at you? Are you beset by existential worries? Every Tuesday, James ...
In other words, how did the Islamic Revolution of 1979 come to be, and why did its leaders endure? The revolution was ...
Better than data is when you can tell a story about something that happened to a guy you knew, or better yet, a guy your ...
Virginia Woolf’s wild run of creativity in her 40s included writing her masterpiece on the terrors and triumphs of middle age ...
Children want to meet up in person, no screens or supervision. But because so many parents restrict their ability to ...
Toluse Olorunnipa is a staff writer at The Atlantic. He is a co-author of His Name Is George Floyd: One Man’s Life and the ...

What Is Evil?

Explaining away even the most horrific acts of violence by saying some people are just wicked is understandable—but it won’t ...
While the funds were frozen, an informal alliance emerged between rural and big-city educators who pushed back against the ...