The Atlantic Out Loud

Our democratic habits have been killed off by an internet kleptocracy that profits from disinformation, polarization, and rage. Here’s how to fix that.

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They’ve become a major military player—and maybe a substitute for strategic thinking.

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As religious faith has declined, ideological intensity has risen. Will the quest for secular redemption through politics doom the American idea?

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A short story

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How merch became a staple of the pandemic

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Last summer’s explosion in Beirut devastated much of the city. My efforts to repair my apartment reveal a lot about how Lebanon works—and doesn’t.

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History suggests that corrosive change can be hard to see while it’s happening.

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In his life as in his fiction, the author pursued the shameful, the libidinous, the repellent.

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Adored guru and reviled provocateur, he dropped out of sight. Now the irresistible ordeal of modern cultural celebrity has brought him back.

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