AvatarThe AtlanticAvatarAvatar8 hours agoThe Paradox of the American Labor Movementverified_publisherThe Atlantic - By Michael PodhorzerIt’s a great time to be in a union—but a terrible time to try to start a new one. Last year was widely hailed as a breakthrough for the American worker. Amid a historically hot labor market, the United Auto Workers and Hollywood writers’ and actors’ guilds launched high-profile strikes that made …
AvatarThe AtlanticAvatarAvatar8 hours agoAbolish DEI Statementsverified_publisherThe Atlantic - By Conor FriedersdorfAssessing a debate about a controversial hiring practice This month, Professor Randall L. Kennedy, an eminent scholar of race and civil rights, published an op-ed in The Harvard Crimson denouncing the use of diversity, equity, and inclusion statements in academic hiring. “I am a scholar on the left …
AvatarThe AtlanticAvatarAvatar8 hours agoThere’s No Easy Answer to Chinese EVsverified_publisherThe Atlantic - By Rogé KarmaSupercheap electric cars or an American industrial renaissance: Pick one. Chinese electric vehicles—cheap, stylish, and high quality—should be a godsend to the Biden administration, whose two biggest priorities are reducing carbon emissions quickly enough to avert a climate catastrophe and reducing …
AvatarThe AtlanticAvatarAvatar8 hours agoHow to Be Less Busy and More Happyverified_publisherThe Atlantic - By Arthur C. BrooksIf you feel too rushed even to read this, then your life could use a change. Are you feeling a little guilty about reading this article? Not because of the content, of course—nothing scandalous here!—but rather because of the time it takes away from something else you feel you should be doing. …
AvatarThe AtlanticAvatarAvatar4 days agoThe Coalition of the Malevolentverified_publisherThe Atlantic - By Eliot A. CohenIran’s attack on Israel is just one campaign in a much larger conflict. My wife the photo archivist likes to point out that all stills are a double crop—a crop in time (we do not know what happened before or after) and a crop in place (we do not know what was outside the photographer’s frame). So, …
AvatarThe AtlanticAvatarAvatar1 day agoThe Rape Denialistsverified_publisherThe Atlantic - By Michael A. CohenWhy has it proved so hard for so many on the left to acknowledge what happened on October 7? On October 7, Hamas terrorists crossed the border into Israel and massacred more than 1,100 Israelis. The depths of Hamas’s sadism are almost too sickening to comprehend. Babies and children butchered. …
AvatarThe AtlanticAvatarAvatar1 day agoThe Jews Aren’t Taking Away TikTokverified_publisherThe Atlantic - By Yair RosenbergBut conspiracy theories that say otherwise are coming for democracy itself. “The entire world knows exactly why the U.S. is trying to ban TikTok,” James Li declared on March 16 to his nearly 100,000 followers on the social-media platform. His video then cut to a subtitled clip of a Taiwanese speaker …
AvatarThe AtlanticAvatarAvatar5 days agoThe Worst Day of My Life Was the Day I Learned to Readverified_publisherThe Atlantic - By Errol MorrisThe celebrated filmmaker Errol Morris delivered this speech on receiving the Hitchens Prize. Editor’s note: The seventh annual Hitchens Prize was awarded to the filmmaker Errol Morris at a dinner on April 10 in New York City. The award is given by the Dennis & Victoria Ross Foundation in association …
AvatarThe AtlanticAvatarAvatar2 days agoHow the Biden Administration Messed Up FAFSAverified_publisherThe Atlantic - By Adam HarrisAn overloaded federal agency and an ambitious agenda derailed an entire class of students. In late March, months into the Free Application for Federal Student Aid–rollout debacle that has thrown millions of students’ college plans into a state of flux, the Department of Education let universities …
AvatarThe AtlanticAvatarAvatar2 days agoTrump’s Alternate-Reality Criminal Trialverified_publisherThe Atlantic - By David A. GrahamThere was little drama in the courtroom yesterday. But the former president told a very different story to his supporters. “I JUST STORMED OUT OF BIDEN’S KANGAROO COURT!” Donald Trump wrote in an email to supporters late yesterday afternoon, shortly after the end of the first day of his trial on …
AvatarThe AtlanticAvatarAvatar2 days agoWhy Biden Should Not Debate Trumpverified_publisherThe Atlantic - By David FrumThe networks want their show, but to give the challenger equal status on a TV stage would be a dire normalization of his attempted coup. A consortium of television networks yesterday released a joint statement inviting President Joe Biden and his presumptive opponent, Donald Trump, to debate on …
AvatarThe AtlanticAvatarAvatar2 days agoWelcome to Pricing Hellverified_publisherThe Atlantic - By Christopher BeamThe ubiquitous rise of add-on fees and personalized pricing has turned buying stuff into a game you can’t win. On February 15, Ron Ruggless was sitting in his home office in Dallas, listening to a Wendy’s earnings call—something he does every quarter as an editor and reporter for Nation’s Restaurant …