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Katie Martin / Emily Jan / The Atlantic Skin-Firming as Self-Flagellation
Using a remedial lotion—that may not even work—only worsened my body image.
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eBoy 2016 Holiday Gift Guide
Everyone has someone on their holiday shopping list who’s impossible to buy for. For the second year in a row, we asked Atlantic readers to describe their someone, and brainstormed a few perfect gift ideas for them.
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Let The Atlantic Help With Your Holiday Shopping
It's not a competition (it is), but I won Christmas with Biggie's…
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The Blurred Lines of Gerrymandering
What is the difference between civil redistricting and intentional disenfranchisement?
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How Realistic Are the Candidates’ Tax Plans?
The proposals make for good talking points, but are largely impractical.
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Why Is It So Hard to Vote in America?
Millions of citizens are impacted by voter ID laws.
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Does Money Really Buy Elections?
Unpacking the results of the Citizens United case and its impact on campaign finance
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Why Do Millennials Love Bernie?
Analyzing what makes the youngest voters swoon for the oldest candidate
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From Polling to Primaries: What Can We Learn From Early Election Results?
Analyzing the Sanders, Cruz, and Clinton campaigns
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Are Polls Less Relevant Than Ever?
Our advice: Take everything with a grain of salt.
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Who Really Chooses the Nominees?
The parties' delegate system was rigged to favor establishment candidates—but this year, it might sink their chances.
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Help Us Demystify the Election Process
This week, we launched a video series tied to The Atlantic’s election coverage, affectionately known as 2016 Distilled. …
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The Damage Done by an Unfired Gun
This reader’s first experience with a firearm seems unimaginable to endure: I felt it before I saw…
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What Actually Happens at the Iowa Caucus?
Breaking down the kickoff to the 2016 election
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Protecting a Family From Teenaged Terrorism
I just learned the movie Natural Born Killers was inspired by two teenagers on a murder spree in 1950s Nebraska…
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A Simultaneous, 'Constantly Silenced' Movement
Standing at fence and chanting, "Black lives matter! Native lives matter!" pic.twitter.com/zM0Vho65XF — Mara Gottfried…
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A First Gun Encounter, With Lifelong Consequences
It’s not often we can cross-reference a personal anecdote from a reader with Google News archives reaching back 40 years…
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Summers at Camp Sharpshooter
Summer camp carries with it a particular kind of nostalgia. In memories, conditions were perfect: You were away from your…
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Bonding Over Bullets
Similar to what I’ve heard from my extended family in the Midwest, a good number of readers wrote about positive…
