THE ATLANTIC: American Democracy Is in Crisis, A Warning From Europe: The Worst Is Yet to Come, The Tiny Blond Bible Teacher Taking on the Evangelical Political Machine AND MORE....

1 American Democracy Is in Crisis

• Our democratic institutions and traditions are under siege. We need to do everything we can to fight back.

  HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON
  
  

  

• 2 A Warning From Europe: The Worst Is Yet to Come

  Polarization. Conspiracy theories. Attacks on the free press. An obsession with loyalty. Recent events in the United States follow a pattern Europeans know all too well.

  ANNE APPLEBAUM
  
  

  

• 3 Throw Your Children’s Art Away

  Childhood is short-lived. It’s okay if kids’ drawings are, too. An Object Lesson.

  MARY TOWNSEND
  
  

  

• 4 The Tiny Blond Bible Teacher Taking on the Evangelical Political Machine

  Beth Moore grew her flock by teaching scripture to women—and being deferential to men. Now her outspokenness on sexism could cost her everything.

  EMMA GREEN
  
  

  

• 5 Brett Kavanaugh and the Revealing Logic of ‘Boys Will Be Boys’

  The discussion now swirling around the Supreme Court nominee asks an insidious question: Is sexual assault simply the way of the world?

  MEGAN GARBER
  
  

  

• 6 A New World Marathon Record Almost Defies Description

  A legendary Kenyan marathoner has once again redefined what humans are capable of.

  VERNON LOEB
  
  

  

• 7 Where Brett Kavanaugh's Nomination Goes From Here

  President Trump’s nominee for the Supreme Court had been sailing toward Senate confirmation. But with Republicans wavering in light of Christine Blasey Ford’s allegation of sexual assault, it’s all in doubt now.

  RUSSELL BERMAN
  
  

  

• 8 The Movie Myths That Shaped Steve Bannon’s View of America

  A documentary about the former Trump adviser is one of a handful of new films that challenge the allure of pop-culture heroes in the U.S.

  DAVID SIMS
  
  

  

• 9 The Cartoon That Captures the Damaged American Male

  Rick and Morty is a dialectic of masculinity unmoored.

  JAMES PARKER
  
  

  

• 10 The Subtext of Kavanaugh’s Nomination Bursts Into the Open

  A sexual-assault allegation against President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee brings the fight over gender and power to the fore.

  GARRETT EPPS
  
  

  

VIDEOS

• Can Puerto Rico Rebuild Itself?

  NICOLAS POLLOCK
  
  

  

• ‘The Ultimate FOMO Experience’

  EMILY BUDER
  
  

  

• ‘America Has Always Been a Tribal Society’

  NICOLAS POLLOCK
  
  

  

• For Years, the U.S. Failed to Protect Thousands Who Risked Everything in Iraq and Afghanistan

  EMILY BUDER
  
  

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