Trump's Travel Ban Will Not 'Help' ISIS Recruitment
The trope posits an overly simplistic understanding of jihadist radicalization, and demeans Muslims in general.
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Aaron Bernstein / Reuters The Democratic Base Revolts Against Its Senators
Lawmakers wanted to pick their battles against Trump’s Cabinet nominees. The progressive base came back with a different plan: Fight all of them.
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Jack Gruber / Reuters How Trump Could Rearrange the U.S. House
The president could accelerate the demographic divides between Democratic and Republican districts.
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YouTube How Political Will the 2017 Super Bowl Ads Be?
For brands, it’s harder than ever to take a bipartisan approach to the biggest night of the year.
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Carlos Barria / Reuters Donald Trump's Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Marking Black History Month, the president made some strange observations about Douglass and Martin Luther King, but mostly talked about himself.
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Michael Owen Baker / AP Who Abused Their Executive Power at Standing Rock?
Under the Obama administration, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said the project needed an environmental-impact review. Now, the Corps has reversed course.
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Video: On the Eighth Day, There Were Airport Protests
A visual portrait of JFK after the announcement of the travel ban
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Edmon De Haro; Alexei Nikolsky / Getty More Top StoriesIt’s Putin’s World
How the Russian president became the ideological hero of nationalists everywhere
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Carolyn Kaster / AP More Top StoriesA Jeffersonian for the Supreme Court
Neil Gorsuch’s record suggests a willingness to transform the law and to enforce constitutional limitations on the excesses of Congress and the president.
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Monica Almeida / Reuters More Top StoriesTrump Has a Message for Poor Immigrants: Get Out
The ban targeting seven Muslim-majority countries was just the beginning.
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Zak Bickel / The Atlantic More Top StoriesThe Simple Psychological Trick to Political Persuasion
Conservatives are more likely to support issues like immigration and Obamacare if the message is “morally reframed” to suit their values.
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J. Scott Applewhite / AP More Top StoriesThe Filibuster: A Senator's Best Friend
How will Republicans respond if Democrats attempt to filibuster President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee?
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Mick Tsikas / Reuters More Top StoriesThe House Kills an Anti-Corruption Measure
If the Senate approves, it could change how multinationals deal with foreign governments.
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Michele Crowe / CBS More Top StoriesThe Daily Show Lives On (on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert)
On Tuesday’s episode of Colbert’s CBS program, Jon Stewart guest-starred—not just to make jokes, but to urge the audience to political action.
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Rick Wilking / Reuters More Top StoriesThe Hot New Brand of Higher Education
Donald Trump’s victory made conspicuous conservatism a viable marketing strategy.
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Jeffrey Smith In This IssueHow to Build an Autocracy
The preconditions are present in the U.S. today. Here’s the playbook Donald Trump could use to set the country down a path toward illiberalism.
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Joe Pugliese In This IssueThe Hollywood List Everyone Wants to Be On
Franklin Leonard’s anonymous survey has launched careers, recognized four of the past eight Best Picture winners, and pushed movie studios to think beyond sequels and action flicks.
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VideoPublic Indifference Is Trump’s Greatest Asset on the Path to Autocracy
David Frum on Donald Trump's authoritarian tendencies
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VideoCamus and Sartre's Bitter Friend Breakup, Animated
The French existentialists used to be close companions. What happened?
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VideoCaitlyn Jenner on Looking in the Mirror and Not Recognizing Yourself
“When you are burdened with something constantly—every day—you can't thrive as a human being.”
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VideoThe Snow Guardian of the Rockies
How one man's meticulous snow level records became proof of climate change
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VideoWhy Don't Democrats Take Religion Seriously?
Condescension and hostility towards people of faith has a political cost.
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VideoSmoked Salmon the Old-School Way
How one Irishman uses 10,000-year-old turf to prepare fish from the Wild Atlantic Way
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Politics & Policy
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Yuri Gripas / Reuters Politics & PolicyProtesters Respond to Trump’s Supreme Court Pick
Less than an hour after the president announced his appointment of Judge Neil Gorsuch, demonstrators gathered to voice their disapproval.
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Kevin Lamarque/Reuters Politics & PolicyEvangelicals’ Bet on Trump Pays Off
Trump’s pledge to appoint a justice in the mold of Scalia secured the support of many reluctant evangelicals—and on Tuesday, he delivered.
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David Zalubowski / AP Politics & PolicyTrump Picks a Bioethicist for the Supreme Court
Neil Gorsuch has spent his career considering questions of life’s ends—and beginnings.
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Carlos Barria/Reuters Politics & PolicyThe Four Wrong Numbers Behind Trump's Immigration Ban
The White House is using iffy figures and suspect logic to justify its restrictions on travel from several Muslim-majority countries.
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Politics & Policy
A Third Way in the ‘Respectability Politics’ Debate
Opponents of President Trump can achieve a lot through empathy and loving engagement.
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Stephanie Keith / Reuters Politics & PolicyAre Democrats Prepared to Fight Trump’s Supreme Court Nominee?
The party out of power has struggled to mount a unified opposition to the president’s agenda, but Senate Democrats rushed to criticize his nomination on Tuesday evening.
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Pablo Martinez Monsivais / AP Politics & PolicyCracks Appear in the Trump-Republican Alliance
Senior GOP lawmakers said that the White House failed to consult them before issuing the president’s executive order on immigration Friday.
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Business
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John Minchillo / AP BusinessAnticipating Protests, Harley-Davidson Cancels a Visit From Trump
The motorcycle maker’s reported about-face underlines the public-relations challenges of cooperating with a contentious president.
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Peter Ryan BusinessTrump's Interests vs. America's, D.C. Hotel Edition
A unionization push at the president's property in the nation's capitol could come to be ruled on by some of his future appointees.
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Mariana Bazo / Reuters BusinessThe Best Business Reads of January
The month’s most interesting stories about money and economics from around the web
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Carlos Barria / Reuters BusinessWant to Talk to the President? Advertise Here
For companies and political organizations in the age of Trump, Fox News Channel is the new K Street.
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David Gray / Reuters BusinessCars, Shoes, Tech: An Array of Corporations Protests the Immigration Ban
An unusually wide range of major companies are speaking out against President Trump’s recent executive order.
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters BusinessThe CEOs Revolting Against Trump's Travel Ban
Ford, Tesla, Google, Apple, Starbucks, Amazon, General Electric, and other companies are speaking up about the president’s executive order.
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Katie Martin / The Atlantic BusinessAmerica’s Great Divergence
A growing earnings gap between those with a college education and those without is creating economic and cultural rifts throughout the country.
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Technology
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John D McHugh / AFP / Getty TechnologyHow Trump’s Immigration Rules Will Hurt the U.S. Tech Sector
Instead of beelining for Silicon Valley, the top minds from countries like Iran may start heading to Canada, Europe, or Asia instead.
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Bernadette Szabo / Reuters TechnologyThe Threats to the World’s Chocolate Forests
A taste for chocolate has spread around the globe, but its supply is in jeopardy.
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Lucy Nicholson / Reuters TechnologyIs #DeleteUber Good for Workers' Rights?
The social-media campaign highlights labor issues, but only through the lens of identity.
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Issei Kato / Reuters TechnologyThe Internet Is Mostly Bots
More than half of web traffic comes from automated programs—many of them malicious.
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Brian Snyder / Reuters TechnologyThe Booming Demand for Commercial Drone Pilots
Training programs are popping up around the country for a rush of new jobs.
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Andy Wong / AP Technology‘Look, a Bird!’: Trolling by Distraction
Rather than debating critics directly, the Chinese government tries to derail conversation on social media it views as dangerous.
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Carlo Allegri / Reuters GlobalEuropean Leaders Are Now Describing Trump as a Threat
The new administration has called into question "the last 70 years of American foreign policy,” one says.
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Mike Segar / Reuters GlobalThe Organization That Sent Tulsi Gabbard to Syria
The Ohio-based Arab-American group has been linked to the Assad regime and called anti-Semitic—charges its leader rejects.
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Nour Fourat / Reuters GlobalWhere America's Terrorists Actually Come From
Syrian refugees have committed zero attacks in the United States.
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Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images GlobalTrump's Immigration Order Is a Propaganda Victory for ISIS
The American president has reinforced the victimhood narrative at the core of the Islamic State’s recruitment pitch.
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Thaier Al-Sudani / Reuters GlobalIraq Bans U.S. Visitors in ‘Reciprocity Measure’
The move comes in response to President Trump’s executive order banning citizens from Iraq and six other Muslim-majority countries from entering the United States.
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Today's Newsletter
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Yuri Gripas / Reuters Today's NewsletterThe Atlantic Daily: Justice and the American Way
Trump nominated Neil Gorsuch for SCOTUS, Rex Tillerson was confirmed as U.S. secretary of state, Putin inspired the world's nationalist leaders, and more.
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Projects
The trump administration: the first 100 days
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Evan Vucci / Reuters ‘American Carnage’: The Trump Era Begins
Most presidents view inaugural addresses as a rare opportunity to appeal beyond “the base.” This was base-only.
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Carolyn Kaster / Evan Vucci / AP HealthIt May Be Unwise to Drink Tears
The resurgent ritual of mocking people for crying is a suboptimal source of social validation.
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Chester Holme / Mosaic HealthVirtual Reality Can Make the Pain of Surgery Easier to Bear
By distracting patients, VR could minimize the cost and risk of operations—and allow doctors to operate on patients outside the hospital.
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Carlos Giusti / AP HealthTrump's Immigration Order Might Cost Thousands of Americans Access to a Doctor
Medical students from the seven banned nations may never get to practice in the U.S., where many would have worked in underserved areas.
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Rodi Said / Reuters HealthWhat Trump's Executive Order Means for the Syrian Health Crisis
With the collapse of the country’s health system, Syrians are already dying of treatable diseases. Now, none of them have a hope of making it to the U.S.
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Chris Ryan / Getty HealthAre Opioids Behind a Cluster of Unusual Amnesia Cases?
Officials found 14 incidents of amnesia in Massachusetts patients with a history of using the painkillers.
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Jose Luis Gonzalez / Reuters HealthTrump's Deportation Threat Might Cause Permanent Health Problems
The fear of immigration raids can harm children’s brains and health, potentially for life.
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Alexis Noel ScienceWhy Frog Tongues Are So Sticky
They’re among the softest biological substances ever measured.
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Amr Dalsh / Reuters ScienceThe Moon May Be Covered With Oxygen Beamed From Earth
The gas travels alongside particles from the sun, and could offer clues to life’s origins.
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Patrick Fallon / Reuters ScienceTrump’s Immigration Ban Is Already Harming American Science
Iranian scientists have been a major boon to everything from Mars exploration to Ebola-fighting to advanced mathematics.
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NASA / Reuters ScienceHow Fast Is the Universe Expanding?
Astronomers have added a new data point in their attempts to answer the cosmic question.
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Rich Pedroncelli / AP ScienceThe Health Battle Behind America's Next Milk Trend
An ancient variety of milk might do wonders for digestion—or it could be a money grab.
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Lucas Jackson / Reuters / Stelios Varias ScienceHow to Overcome Political Irrationality About Facts
Some Trump supporters are willing to lie about his inauguration attendance to preserve their ideological identities. A new study explains how curiosity can help resist reflexive partisanship.
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AP ScienceThe Doomsday Clock’s Most Dire Warning Since the Cold War
“This is the closest to midnight the Doomsday Clock has ever been in the lifetime of almost everyone in this room.”
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A Trip Around Saturn
After nearly 13 years in orbit around Saturn, NASA’s Cassini spacecraft is now preparing for its “Grand Finale.”
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Yves Herman / Reuters CultureNominated for an Oscar, Barred From America
The Iranian film The Salesman is shortlisted for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. But because of Donald Trump’s executive order on immigration, the movie’s director won’t be attending the ceremony.
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Paul Spella / The Atlantic CultureSuper Bowl 2017: It’s Not Too Late to Choose a Side
Not rooting for either the Atlanta Falcons or the New England Patriots yet? The Atlantic will help you pick.
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters CultureThe Justice's Long Season Comes to a Dramatic Conclusion
Spoiler: President Trump selected Neil Gorsuch to be the next Justice. Reality shows never disappoint.
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Reuters / Robert Galbraith CultureSuperstars May Be Rebelling Against the Grammys
Drake, Justin Bieber, and Kanye West may skip the show because of its “irrelevance”—which is to say its lack of inclusivity.
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Netflix CultureThe 15 Most Talked-About Films From Sundance
An epic drama of racial strife in 1940s Mississippi, a surreal ghost story, and a gay coming-of-age romance were among the hits of this year’s film festival.
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UC San Diego Library CultureThe Complicated Relevance of Dr. Seuss's Political Cartoons
The beloved children’s author’s political cartoons have been finding a new audience among those opposed to the ‘America First’ policies of President Trump.
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David Gray / Reuters CultureThe Australian Open Turned Back the Clock
The 2017 singles finals in Melbourne saw the unlikely return of iconic rivalries, for what may well be the last time.
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Andrew Harnik / AP EducationThe Education Secretaries Betsy DeVos Would Follow
Here are some quirky facts about the 10 people who previously oversaw the department.
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Reuters EducationCan Vouchers Save Failing Schools?
The Obama administration invested $7 billion in a school-improvement initiative that didn’t work. Is there a successful replacement?
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Brian Snyder / Reuters EducationHow Trump's Immigration Order Is Affecting Higher Education
Experts worry about the impact on academia and scholarship.
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Elijah Nouvelage / Reuters EducationHow Do States Handle Sexual Assault on Campus?
Non-federal statutes vary widely and could come into play should the Trump Administration move to decentralize the Office for Civil Rights’ hardline on sexual assault.
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Mike Derer / AP EducationFrom Special Education to Suspicious Science: This Week's Top 7 Education Stories
The best recent writing about school
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Jim Vaiknoras / The Hechinger Report EducationThe Rural School Poised to End Bullying
In the constant battle against mean girls and boys, one district in New Hampshire is intervening with a student-driven approach.
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Patrick Semansky / AP EducationThe Simple Reform That Improved Black Students' Earnings
When states began to require more math courses, black high-school graduates began to see bigger paychecks.
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UC San Diego Library The Complicated Relevance of Dr. Seuss's Political Cartoons
“Geisel’s political cartoons go a long way in demonstrating how the spirit of Seuss—zany, honest, brash, and brave—was born.”
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Justin L. Stewart U.S.Americans at Work: Struggling to Make Ends Meet
Part of our ongoing series of photo essays at The Atlantic titled “Americans at Work.” This week, photographs of a working family in Los Angeles, made by photographer Justin L. Stewart.
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Mike Segar / Reuters U.S.The Organization That Sent Tulsi Gabbard to Syria
The Ohio-based Arab American group has been linked to the Assad regime and called anti-Semitic—charges its leader rejects.
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Bettmann / Getty U.S.Remembering Mary Tyler Moore
The television icon who helped redefine the sitcom, both in front of and behind the camera on her eponymous show, died at age 80.
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Jim Young / Reuters U.S.What's Causing Chicago’s Homicide Spike?
President Trump is vowing to “send in the Feds,” but researchers aren’t convinced they understand the rise, or how to stop it.
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Andrew Kelly / Reuters) U.S.Dow Crosses 20,000, an All-Time High
The Dow Jones Industrial Average has been hovering near the figure since the election of President Trump.
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters U.S.Trump Moves to Advance Construction of Keystone and Dakota Access Pipelines
The projects were blocked under the Obama administration.
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Elizabeth Conley U.S.Americans at Work: A Church for the Unemployed
Part of our ongoing series of photo essays at The Atlantic titled “Americans at Work.” This week, photographs of the NorthWest Bible Church’s Between Jobs Ministry in Spring, Texas, made by photographer Elizabeth Conley.
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VideoAre Trump’s Tweets Presidential?
How his social media feed compares to political communication in past administrations
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VideoThe Mysterious Kidney Disease That Became a Public Health Epidemic
CKDu has killed tens of thousands of people in the last decade. This short film illustrates a portion of its scale and scope.
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We The People Featuring Georgetown University's John J. DeGioia and The Atlantic's Steve Clemons
In a series of conversations, The Atlantic will explore civitas, the contract binding all citizens together.
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