When the United States left Afghanistan, one family faced a heartbreaking decision.

Listen to their story here:
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We are sending the right kit - belatedly, inadequately, even timidly - but we also need the words. This is a moment for some political eloquence. theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

Must-read Clint Smith: “It is impossible for me to hear the word, used in that way, without thinking of my grandfather, born and raised in 1930s Mississippi… a man he knew was lynched. The residue of that word swung from the same tree as the rope.”

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Germans are arguing about whether to send tanks to Ukraine. In fact, this an argument about Germany theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

I wrote about the tragic death of a child in Paris and the sinister racism of Eric Zemmour’s new term “francocide”:

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'Ukraine’s struggle for freedom and for its very existence is the struggle of a much larger order,' Eliot A Cohen writes. 'It needs to be understood not only in the somnolent rhythms of bureaucratic choice or academic analysis, but in language that sings.'
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“I cannot hear that word, used in that way, without thinking about violence.”

Clint Smith on witnessing a white woman call a Black woman the N-word after a recent flight to Charlotte. on.theatln.tc/FVeU9RH

'Unstated but clearly intended is the corresponding understanding of Frenchness as synonymous with 'whiteness' and foreignness as equivalent to 'nonwhiteness,'' Thomas Chatterton Williams writes: on.theatln.tc/o4YcKst

Some people have been clobbered by side effects after every COVID shot. Will it always be like this? Katherine J. Wu, Ph.D. asked the experts: on.theatln.tc/NSQD1Ek

This is wonderful. Highly recommend.

Ye, Elon Musk, and Donald Trump are united in their quest to bring back a kind of digital Wild West, where the powerful and hateful alike can inflict damage and experience no consequences, Charlie Warzel writes. on.theatln.tc/GuUqJhM

Today in The Atlantic: Katherine J. Wu, Ph.D. looks at the side effects of the bivalent booster. Plus, Spencer Kornhaber on Taylor Swift’s familiar—but excellent—new album. on.theatln.tc/WdQLWr4

A movement that refuses to unequivocally condemn anti-Semitism is a movement that’s lost its moral voice.

Any movement that refuses to purge anti-Semitism from its ranks is a movement that’s lost its moral will. newsletters.theatlantic.com/the-third-rail…

Read this, by David A. Graham: 'It is a message to those in the Trump orbit that you cannot simply ignore laws, and that Trump’s umbrella of protection has big holes.' theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

To my followers: do better

There's a big pop album out tomorrow. I spoke to its creator!

Here's Carly Rae Jepsen, warrior queen—theatlantic.com/culture/archiv…

Please listen to this episode of Radio Atlantic. Unforgettable. theatlantic.com/podcasts/archi…

'For the past 12 years, Britain has been led by a succession of Conservative prime ministers—each, like Russian dolls, somehow smaller than the last—who have contrived to leave the country in a worse state than it was when they took over.' theatlantic.com/international/…

This exchange made me laugh.

Caroline Mimbs Nyce: Is Taylor Swift doing a better job at building a metaverse than Mark Zuckerberg right now?
Wagner James Au: Well, in the sense that Mark Zuckerberg is almost totally failing, yeah.

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