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“For the past three years,” @AdrienneLaF writes, “I’ve been preoccupied with a question: How can America survive a period of mass delusion, deep division, and political violence without seeing the permanent dissolution of the ties that bind us?” on.theatln.tc/7ue6Tlk

In recent years, Americans have contemplated whether we’re moving toward a second Civil War. But what the country is experiencing now—and may continue to experience for a generation or more—is something different: a new phase of domestic terror.

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Political violence is all around us, @AdrienneLaF writes. Today, it is “characterized by radicalized individuals with shape-shifting ideologies willing to kill their political enemies.”

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Mar 4

@IsabelFattal

This Sunday, should you do ... nothing?

Lounging around can free up time for things beyond your to-do list, @IsabelFattal writes. Here’s a reading list about do-nothing time—why we need it, how much of it we need, and the possibilities it creates: on.theatln.tc/MgWZv0U

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@IsabelFattal Jason Heller and his wife have an agreement: One day a week, they do absolutely nothing.

In a society obsessed with productivity, this is harder than it should be—but it’s worth it: on.theatln.tc/AgE8VfK

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@IsabelFattal Last August, Arthur C. Brooks argued that absolute idleness is harder—but more rewarding—than it seems: on.theatln.tc/nXSPfYm

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Feb 25

As we mark the first anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, revisit George Packer’s October 2022 cover story. He traveled to Ukraine and spoke with people who had rallied to save their nation and defend the values Americans claim to hold. on.theatln.tc/CUB5r7V

"Here, all the complex infighting and chronic disappointments and sheer lethargy of any democratic society ... dissolved, and the essential things—to be free and live with dignity—became clear," Packer writes. on.theatln.tc/CUB5r7V

“It almost seemed as if the U.S. would have to be attacked or undergo some other catastrophe for Americans to remember what Ukrainians have known from the start,” he continues. on.theatln.tc/CUB5r7V

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Feb 23

How old are you? Now, how old do you feel?

Are these numbers the same? If not, do you feel younger or older?

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If you answered “feel younger” or “feel older,” you’re not alone. Many people think of themselves as a different age than they are, @JenSeniorNY reports. The concept is called “subjective age.” theatlantic.com/magazine/archi…

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@JenSeniorNY, for example, is 53 in real life but feels 36. “If I stop my brain from doing its usual Tilt-A-Whirl for long enough,” she writes, “I land on the same explanation: At 36, I knew the broad contours of my life, but hadn’t yet filled them in.” theatlantic.com/magazine/archi…

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Jan 14

@TrulyTafakari

What was once an experiment in Black liberation is now a luxury apartment building, @TrulyTafakari writes, of the residential complex at 700 Seward Avenue in Detroit, where she was born.⁠ on.theatln.tc/JtAjnzv

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@TrulyTafakari In the late ’70s, centers in Detroit, Atlanta, and Houston bore witness to the communal lives of hundreds of Black families. But building a nation within the nation of the Pan African Orthodox Christian Church “required a confluence of vision, capital, and committed workers.”

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@TrulyTafakari Mainstream culture always lurked at the borders to lure members toward a lifestyle that required less sacrifice, Mathis writes. A pan-African community had more cachet when Black-freedom movements worldwide were in the news, but by the late ’80s many of these felt like footnotes.

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Jan 12

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1/ "Occasionally, a news item comes around that seems to perfectly exemplify the most knee-jerk tendencies of both of America’s two main political parties," @GrahamDavidA writes, and the gas-stove debate is one of them: theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

2/ In December, scientists published a study finding that ranges that burn natural gas account for almost 13 percent of childhood-asthma cases in the United States.

3/ Then, a member of the Consumer Product Safety Commission suggested that the body might prohibit gas stoves. “This is a hidden hazard. Any option is on the table. Products that can’t be made safe can be banned,” said Commissioner Richard Trumka Jr.

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