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September 24, 2024

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Global

The ‘Law of the Land’ Has Been Replaced

Atossa Araxia Abrahamian

September 23, 2024

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Ideas

The Women Killed by the Dobbs Decision

Helen Lewis

September 18, 2024

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Politics

The Judges Who Serve at Trump’s Pleasure

Anne Applebaum

October 2024 Issue

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The Atlantic Daily

The Last-Minute Curveball for a Big FTC Ban

Lora Kelley

August 27, 2024

Politics

The Man Who Will Do Anything for Trump

Elaina Plott Calabro

October 2024 Issue

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Ideas

Sometimes You Just Have to Ignore the Economists

Zephyr Teachout

August 22, 2024

Ideas

We’re Entering an AI Price-Fixing Dystopia

Rogé Karma

August 10, 2024

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Ideas

How to Make #MeToo Offenders Pay

Elizabeth Bruenig

August 8, 2024

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Politics

No, State Laws Haven’t Locked Biden Onto the Ballot

Rose Horowitch

July 11, 2024

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Ideas

What the Civil Rights Act Really Meant

William Sturkey

July 5, 2024

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Science

American Environmentalism Just Got Shoved Into Legal Purgatory

Zoë Schlanger

June 28, 2024

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Ideas

The Court Can’t Think Straight When It Comes to Corruption

Ian MacDougall

June 27, 2024

Ideas

Once Again, Originalism’s Hollow Core Is Revealed

Erwin Chemerinsky

June 25, 2024

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The Atlantic Daily

The Trumpian Vertigo of American Politics

Charles Sykes

May 23, 2024

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The Atlantic Daily

The OpenAI Dustup Signals a Bigger Problem

Lora Kelley

May 22, 2024

The Atlantic Daily

Michael Cohen’s Credibility Paradox

Lora Kelley

May 21, 2024

Michael Cohen departs from his home to attend his second day of testimony at Manhattan Criminal Court

Ideas

Our Once-Abundant Earth

John Reid

May 13, 2024

Ideas

No One Has a Right to Protest in My Home

Erwin Chemerinsky

April 26, 2024

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Ideas

The Politics of Gun Safety Are Changing. I Should Know.

William H. Frist

April 3, 2024

Women hold a sign as they form a human chain on the first anniversary of the Covenant School shooting in Nashville, Tennessee, March 27, 2024.

Ideas

The State That’s Trying to Rein in DEI Without Becoming Florida

Conor Friedersdorf

March 31, 2024

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Ideas

Texas’s Social-Media Law Is Dangerous. Striking It Down Could Be Worse.

Zephyr Teachout

February 20, 2024

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Ideas

The Genocide Double Standard

James Smith

January 26, 2024

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Ideas

The Plan to Incapacitate the Federal Government

Nicholas Bagley

January 24, 2024

Global

Why Israel Is Taking the Genocide Case Seriously

David Kaye

January 19, 2024

Judges led by President Joan Donoghue attend the International Court of Justice, in The Hague, prior to the hearing of the genocide case against Israel, brought by South Africa.

Politics

Trump Is Coming for Obamacare Again

Ronald Brownstein

January 10, 2024

Ideas

The Colorado Supreme Court Decision Is True Originalism

Kimberly Wehle

December 21, 2023

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Ideas

Courts Are Choosing TikTok Over Children

Tim Wu

December 19, 2023

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Ideas

The Word Genocide Has An Actual Meaning

Noah Feldman

November 15, 2023

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Ideas

Harsh Anti-abortion Laws Are Not Empty Threats

Mary Ziegler

November 10, 2023

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Technology

The Supreme Court Cases That Could Redefine the Internet

Caroline Mimbs Nyce

September 30, 2023

Ideas

The Coming Attack on an Essential Element of Women’s Freedom

Kimberly Wehle

September 26, 2023

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Ideas

A DeSantis Speech Too Dangerous to Teach in Florida

Adam Serwer

September 5, 2023

Up for Debate

Reader Views on the Role of Taboos

Conor Friedersdorf

August 16, 2023

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Planet

I Turned My House Into a Zero-Carbon Utopia

Leah C. Stokes

August 14, 2023

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Ideas

America’s Original Gun Control

Robert J. Spitzer

August 12, 2023

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The Print Edition

Originalism Was Impossible

The ‘Law of the Land’ Has Been Replaced

The Women Killed by the Dobbs Decision

The Judges Who Serve at Trump’s Pleasure

The Last-Minute Curveball for a Big FTC Ban

The Man Who Will Do Anything for Trump

Sometimes You Just Have to Ignore the Economists

We’re Entering an AI Price-Fixing Dystopia

How to Make #MeToo Offenders Pay

No, State Laws Haven’t Locked Biden Onto the Ballot

What the Civil Rights Act Really Meant

American Environmentalism Just Got Shoved Into Legal Purgatory

The Court Can’t Think Straight When It Comes to Corruption

Once Again, Originalism’s Hollow Core Is Revealed

The Trumpian Vertigo of American Politics

The OpenAI Dustup Signals a Bigger Problem

Michael Cohen’s Credibility Paradox

Our Once-Abundant Earth

No One Has a Right to Protest in My Home

The Politics of Gun Safety Are Changing. I Should Know.

The State That’s Trying to Rein in DEI Without Becoming Florida

Texas’s Social-Media Law Is Dangerous. Striking It Down Could Be Worse.

The Genocide Double Standard

The Plan to Incapacitate the Federal Government

Why Israel Is Taking the Genocide Case Seriously

Trump Is Coming for Obamacare Again

The Colorado Supreme Court Decision Is True Originalism

Courts Are Choosing TikTok Over Children

The Word Genocide Has An Actual Meaning

Harsh Anti-abortion Laws Are Not Empty Threats

The Supreme Court Cases That Could Redefine the Internet

The Coming Attack on an Essential Element of Women’s Freedom

A DeSantis Speech Too Dangerous to Teach in Florida

Reader Views on the Role of Taboos

I Turned My House Into a Zero-Carbon Utopia

America’s Original Gun Control