Lora Kelley

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In his State of the Union address last night, President Joe Biden took on a new symbolic foe: shrinkflation. In attacking the practice, he’s trying to signal that he’s aligned with the common American against corporate greed—even if it’s not clear what he can actually do about the problem.

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This month marks four years since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. My colleague Katherine J. Wu recently published an article about what is driving the U.S. government to frame COVID-19 as being flu-like—and the problems with that approach.

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A calendar is a site of order.

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Even as many measures show that the economy is thriving, Americans have been feeling down lately—especially about grocery prices.

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Nikki Haley faces terrible odds in her home state of South Carolina and beyond, but she has vowed to keep going. Beyond her own political ambitions, her campaign may be about trying to send a message to the Republican Party.

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In some states, public funds are being poured into the child-care industry—and private-equity groups are seeing an attractive target for investment.

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IBM’s new pension program may not change the game for workers. But it raises big questions about what companies owe their employees, and how existing retirement structures could better serve them.
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Texas’s social-media law is dangerous.

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Brands seem to have zeroed in on the ultimate relatable situation: a romance gone bad. Cue the ex-based marketing promotions.
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What Tom Suozzi’s win means for Democrats
Carry-on baggage has reached a “breaking point.

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Celebrities were all over last night’s Super Bowl ads. Did the stars overpower the brands they were supposed to be selling?
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The good Republicans’ last stand
The presidency is not a math test.

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Yesterday was rough for President Joe Biden. A blistering special-counsel report cleared him of the threat of charges in his classified-documents case, in part because prosecutors expected that he’d present to a jury as a “sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory.

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For years, the NFL balked at even a whiff of gambling—and kept Las Vegas at a distance as a result. But as the league has become more open to gambling, it has also embraced the city synonymous with it.
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Welcome back to the chaos of the Trump era.

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The Magnificent Seven—a nickname for the highest-flying tech stocks—have lately been buoying the S&P 500. Fun cowboy name aside, the stocks’ outsize impact on the market is raising eyebrows.

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The plus sign is everywhere in the world of branding. It’s cool (sort of), capacious, and wholly unoriginal. At least it’s difficult to mock.

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Over the past few years, Mark Zuckerberg has been somewhat overshadowed by more antic-prone CEOs and flashier technology. But his appearance before the Senate yesterday is a reminder that he’s still very much a power broker of Silicon Valley.

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One by one, most of the major streaming services have introduced ads to their subscription offerings. Now consumers face a choice: Pay up, or sit through commercial breaks like it’s 1999.

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For me, playing squash is not about achievement. That’s what makes it so much fun.

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A strong economy could work in Joe Biden’s favor in the coming election, but only if consumers’ attitudes stay positive too.
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Elise Stefanik’s Trump audition
The Daily Show is better than this.
Americans can’t decide what it means to grow up.

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With an eye toward taking on Donald Trump in a general election, President Joe Biden has started hammering home the message that he will protect reproductive freedoms in a second term.

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In a world of reheated versions of popular IP, I love turning to new releases of older gems.

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In a world of reheated versions of popular IP, I love turning to new releases of older gems.

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Several long-shot Republican candidates have quit the presidential race in recent weeks. Why did they hang on for this long—and why are they dropping out now?
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The Ozempic plateau
A slightly hotter world could still be a better one.

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Snow is an essential part of how people in cold climates experience the winter, and a key source of water in many parts of the world. But new research shows that the snowpack—snow that stays on the ground in cold weather—is disappearing at an alarming rate as temperatures rise.

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The GOP completes its surrender.
Who’s afraid of calling Donald Trump an insurrectionist?
There was never such a thing as “open” AI.

This is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you through the biggest stories of the day, helps you discover new ideas, and recommends the best in culture. Sign up for it here.Mickey Mouse has long symbolized corporate efforts to control copyrighted material. As of January 1, an early version of the character is at last in the public domain.

A court in Washington, D.C., has been stuck with a tough, maybe impossible question: What does 🌝 mean? Let me explain: In the summer of 2022, Ryan Cohen, a major investor in Bed Bath & Beyond, responded to a tweet about the beleaguered retailer with this side-eyed-moon emoji.

A court in Washington, D.C., has been stuck with a tough, maybe impossible question: What does 🌝 mean? Let me explain: In the summer of 2022, Ryan Cohen, a major investor in Bed Bath & Beyond, responded to a tweet about the beleaguered retailer with this side-eyed-moon emoji.

This is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you through the biggest stories of the day, helps you discover new ideas, and recommends the best in culture. Sign up for it here.In the smartphone era, libraries might seem less central. But it turns out that young people actually use them.First, here are three new stories from The Atlantic:
How to be happy growing older
America should be more like Operation Warp Speed.
The Middle East conflict that the U.S.

This is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you through the biggest stories of the day, helps you discover new ideas, and recommends the best in culture. Sign up for it here.Why are “year in review” roundups so pleasing to users?First, here are three new stories from The Atlantic:
The real reason for marriage polarization
Harvard has a Veritas problem.
A sex scandal. A conservative power network. And Moms for Liberty.