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TikTok Could Disappear but the Problems It Poses Remain

America is politically polarized. But there is an issue on which both sides agree: We need more privacy and TikTok…

Arts

Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum Focuses on Forgotten Figures

An inaugural digital exhibition, “Becoming Visible,” traces the paths of five notable women whose stories have been largely erased.

World

Four Ways of Looking at Christian Nationalism

Amid all the talk about the potential influence of Christian nationalism in a second Trump administration, and in the country…

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Why Authoritarians Like Saddam Hussein Confound U.S. Presidents

America committed its worst foreign policy mistake of the post-Cold War era when it invaded Iraq in 2003 to disarm…

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The Mystery of White Rural Rage

Will technological progress lead to mass unemployment? People have been asking that question for two centuries, and the actual answer…

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What Is Christian Nationalism, Exactly?

If you’re alarmed by the rise of Christian nationalism, the single worst thing you can do is define it too…

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The Florida Fraudster and the Russian ‘Killer’

When I covered George H.W. Bush’s presidential campaign in 1988, he was so eager to wrap himself in the American…

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What the News and the Pews Have in Common

In the past few weeks, both The Atlantic and The New Yorker used the phrase “extinction-level event” to headline stories…

Travel

Trump’s NATO Threat Reflects a Wider Shift on America’s Place in the World

Alliances that were once seen as the bulwark of the Cold War are now viewed as an outdated albatross by…

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My Father, Ronald Reagan, Would Weep for America

The night before my father died, Ronald Reagan, I listened to his breathing — ragged, thin. Nothing like that of…

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