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The Myth of the Kindly General Lee

Adam Serwer The Atlantic
The legend of the Confederate leader’s heroism and decency is based in the fiction of a person who never existed.

Biden Deserves Credit, Not Blame, for Afghanistan

David Rothkopf The Atlantic
America’s longest war has been by any measure a costly failure, and the errors in managing the conflict deserve scrutiny in the years to come. But Joe Biden doesn’t “own” the mayhem on the ground right now.

Our New Postracial Myth

Ibram X. Kendi The Atlantic
The postracial idea is the most sophisticated racist idea ever produced.

What Ilhan Omar Actually Said

Elizabeth Bruenig The Atlantic
No one should believe that Ilhan Omar thinks the United States is identical to the Taliban. Omar demonstrably did not say what she’s been accused of having said; what she did say was true...

Cicadas Have an Existential Problem

Ed Yong The Atlantic
Cicadas, like us, have come to rely on an interconnected ecosystem of their own creation that becomes more unwieldy and fragile with time, and that they can barely control.

Compliance Will Not Save Me

Ibram X. Kendi The Atlantic
Black and brown people’s defiance is not the problem. Our compliance is not the solution.
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