The Angry Canadian
How Doug Ford became Ontario’s chief enforcer
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Illustration by John Gall* I’d Had Jobs Before, but None Like This
The time I spent working on the Canadian National Railroad changed the course of my life.
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The health secretary is quietly undermining America’s vaccination infrastructure.
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The two maintain that they won’t attack the program, but their repeated claims of rampant fraud serve a strategic purpose.
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Half a decade on, we now have at least a small body of work that takes on COVID.
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The decision to deport Mahmoud Khalil is most remarkable for its pettiness, its insecurity, and its failure to grasp the spirit of America and of academia at their best.
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Novels about women’s communities tend toward utopian coexistence or ruthless backbiting. The Unworthy does something more interesting.
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Israelis want an inquiry into October 7 not only for accountability but for closure.
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The Trump administration has identified another green-card holder it wants deported in addition to Mahmoud Khalil.
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Anxious? Here are some of the best and most rewatch-friendly movies to soothe your mind. (From 2020)
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A profane blogger believes an innocent woman is being framed for murder. He’ll do anything to prove he’s right—and terrorize anyone who says he’s wrong.
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“The story of the development of the vaccines for Influenza A is not … a pitched battle, but a long campaign — the slow, bit-by-bit accumulation of data in which one doctor builds upon the laboratory experience of another.” (From 1941)
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Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Getty. good on paper•Episode 41The Scientific Controversy That’s Tearing Families Apart
The neuroscientist, the nanny, and the shaky science of shaken baby syndrome
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We found out that our new neighbors were supporting January 6 insurrectionists. We knocked on their door. A podcast series about what happened next.
LIMITED SERIESAutocracy in America
There are authoritarian tactics already at work in the United States. To root them out, you have to know where to look.
