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Yascha Mounk
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In the long-run, America can have one (and likely only one) of two things:* An intellectual and institutional establishment that remains inhospitable to conservatives* A Republican Party that trusts experts,
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Why is it so hard to contain the virus?And why are even well-governed countries like Germany and Canada now experiencing a deadly second wave?In part because of three biases that
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Illiberalism on the left is a real problem. But voting for Donald Trump to stem the rising tide of illiberalism would be a huge moral and strategic mistake.My latest @TheAtlantic.[Thread.]https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/10/ha
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We're underestimating how deeply cultural attitudes shape how many people get sick from Covid.If you map the incidence of Covid in each Belgian county, for example, the border between French-speaking
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The frontrunner to become the next mayor of Portland apparently wore a skirt with pictures of Mao and Che Guevara.While campaigning for the position.The incoherence and hypocrisy in what people
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1)Nobody should wish Donald Trump ill.Though he may have little apparent empathy, that's no reason why we shouldn't.And in any case, the best way to end Trumpism is to beat
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The boss of the NYT op-ed page was fired because he ran a controversial op-ed by a sitting U.S. Senator.But a few months later, a propagandist for an authoritarian regime
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Most Americans believe the upcoming election will be legitimate—unless their favorite candidate loses. So how can we determine if a) "we were robbed" or b) the election was legitimate?For @TheAtlantic
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So, Cuties:1) A serious movie that condemns the patriarchal values imposed on many immigrant girls *and* the hyper-sexualized mainstream culture into which some of them flee.2) The depictions of child
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It's rare that a short piece changes how I think about an important issue.But this, by @MetaHumean for @JoinPersuasion, really helped me understand something that's been bugging me about the
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The prospects for democracy in Bolivia have, in part because of the immoral and irresponsible actions of the current far-right government, significantly dimmed.But there's still a narrow path to democracy.
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A member of a NYC Community Education Council to a colleague: "It hurts people when they see a white man bouncing a brown baby on their lap.""I would like to
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