The persistence of an old anti-Semitic myth: The dark legacy and ongoing body count of an ancient anti-Semitic myth
theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2024/04/the-persistence-of-an-old-anti-semitic-myth/678184/
Quick Glance: The Legacy of an Ancient Anti-Semitic Myth
- Mary Antin recounts the false accusations against Jews regarding the Passover festival in a 1911 article in The Atlantic.
- The 'blood libel', rooted in medieval beliefs, continues to have deadly consequences, exemplified by the case of Russian Jew Menachem Mendel Beilis.
- Contemporary dissemination of anti-Semitic conspiracy theories about Jewish ritual murders persists, as evidenced by recent events.
- Despite the historical backdrop, the Passover celebration remains a traditional festival unrelated to the false accusations.
The 3.5 Percent Inflation Plateau: Prices have been rising faster than expected for the past three months. What’s going on?
theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/04/inflation-above-fed-target/678174/
Some Republican senators have demanded that President Biden crack down on Columbia students protesting the Israel-Hamas war ... Show more
The Republicans Who Want American Carnage - The Atlantic
The Republicans Who Want American Carnage - The Atlantic
Elite colleges are now reaping the consequences of promoting a new orthodoxy that trashed the postwar ideal of the liberal university, George Packer writes ... Show more
The Campus-Left Occupation That Broke Higher Education - The Atlantic
The Campus-Left Occupation That Broke Higher Education - The Atlantic
Somewhere along the line, Boeing lost interest in making its own planes, Jerry Useem writes.
“One day in 1916, [Bill] Boeing spotted an imperfectly cut wing ... Show more
Boeing and the Dark Age of American Manufacturing - The Atlantic
Boeing and the Dark Age of American Manufacturing - The Atlantic
Boeing and the Dark Age of American Manufacturing - The Atlantic
Boeing and the Dark Age of American Manufacturing - The Atlantic
Quick Glance: Boeing faces revenue decline after 7 quarters with decreasing deliveries
- Boeing experienced a revenue decline in the last quarter, marking the first time in seven quarters as aircraft deliveries decrease.
- The quarterly revenue amounted to $16.57 billion, surpassing the expectations of $16.23 billion.
- Boeing aims to deliver a significant portion of its inventory of 737s and 787s by the end of the year to generate much-needed capital.
- Operating margins at Boeing's defense business improved to 2.2% in the quarter, compared to a negative value of 3.2% a year ago.
The Supreme Court Is Frighteningly Warm to Trump's Immunity Argument: At this morning’s oral argument, the justices debated the ins and outs of Trump’s ...
theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/04/trump-supreme-court-presidential-immunity/678183/
Quick Glance: US Supreme Court discusses Trump's Immunity
- Conservative US Supreme Court justices signal sympathy for the argument that presidents have some immunity against criminal charges for certain actions taken in office.
- Former President Donald Trump appealed after lower courts rejected his request to be shielded from four election-related criminal charges.
- The Supreme Court hearing could distort the presidency without immunity and affect decision-making when bold and fearless action is most needed.
- The Supreme Court's decision on immunity is expected and could lead to Trump's trial occurring before the election.
Tesla Is Not the Next Ford. It’s the Next Con Ed.: Elon Musk’s EV empire is crumbling.
theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2024/04/tesla-cars-batteries-power-company/678168/
“I loved my mom more than my dog,” Tommy Tomlinson writes. “So why did I cry for him but not for her?” Why a Dog’s Death Hits So Hard - The Atlantic Tomlinson’s mother died six years ago ... Show more
The Illogical Relationship Americans Have With Animals: A new book explores the roots of our love for certain creatures—and our indifference toward many others.
theatlantic.com/books/archive/2024/04/our-kindred-creatures-bill-wasik-monica-murphy-book-review/678102/
Chile’s Amazing National Parks - 30 images of some of the dozens of national parks established by Chile over the past century ... Show more
Photos: Chile’s Amazing National Parks - The Atlantic
Photos: Chile’s Amazing National Parks - The Atlantic
The extraordinary accomplishment and treasure of the web is coming to an end, Judith Donath and Bruce Schneier argue, as “the advent of AI threatens to destroy ... Show more
It’s the End of the Web as We Know It - The Atlantic
It’s the End of the Web as We Know It - The Atlantic
It’s the End of the Web as We Know It - The Atlantic
It’s the End of the Web as We Know It - The Atlantic
Congress has passed a bill to force TikTok’s parent company to sell the app or face a ban, initiating what is likely to be “a rushed, chaotic ... Show more
Welcome to the TikTok Meltdown - The Atlantic
Welcome to the TikTok Meltdown - The Atlantic
Quick Glance: ByteDance Would Consider Closing TikTok in US Over Sale, Sources Claim
- ByteDance would prefer to cease TikTok operations rather than engage in a sale if all legal avenues are exhausted to combat potential legislation banning the platform in US app stores, as per four sources.
- Despite TikTok's massive popularity with over a billion users, it remains unprofitable, contributing a small fraction to ByteDance's overall revenues and daily active user base.
- ByteDance stated on Thursday in a release on Toutiao, a media platform it possesses, that there are no intentions to sell TikTok, in response to claims from The Information about ByteDance exploring sale scenarios for TikTok's US operations excluding the recommending algorithm for user videos.
- As of December, ByteDance's valuation stood at $268 billion when it proposed a buyback of approximately $5 billion in shares from investors.
The Supreme Court Is Poised to Unshackle a Second Trump Term: The Supreme Court seems to be endorsing his views on presidential power.
theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/04/supreme-court-poised-unshackle-second-trump-term/678190/
Taylor Swift has long constructed her identity out of archetype, cliché, and torn-up fragments of Americana. But her new album shows her straining against ... Show more
The Story That’s Holding Taylor Swift Back - The Atlantic
The Story That’s Holding Taylor Swift Back - The Atlantic
Photos of the Week: Wheelbarrow Race, Count Binface, Orange Skies - 35 images from the past seven days, including a volcanic eruption in Indonesia ... Show more
Photos of the Week: Wheelbarrow Race, Count Binface, Orange Skies - The Atlantic
Photos of the Week: Wheelbarrow Race, Count Binface, Orange Skies - The Atlantic
How America lost sleep: Many Americans are reporting that they’d feel better if they slept more, but finding the right remedy isn’t always simple.
theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2024/04/how-america-lost-sleep/678189/
The invention of Ozempic may be as transformative as the development of insulin therapy was a century ago, writes Gary Taubes ... Show more
What Happens When You’ve Been on Ozempic for 20 Years? - The Atlantic
What Happens When You’ve Been on Ozempic for 20 Years? - The Atlantic
Bad Bunny’s Songs of Exile: The Puerto Rican superstar is known for his anthems of community. His latest tour is about his own isolation.
theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2024/04/bad-bunny-most-wanted-tour-concert-review/678188/
The percentage of Americans who profess no religion—so-called nones—has risen in the past few decades, but the growing phenomenon “is not evidence of a lack of ... Show more
How to Find Your Faith - The Atlantic
How to Find Your Faith - The Atlantic
Would Limitlessness Make Us Better Writers?: AI embodies hypotheticals I can only imagine for myself. But I believe human impediments are what lead us to create ...
theatlantic.com/books/archive/2024/04/ai-writing-novels-mortality-limits/678167/
Why Your Vet Bill Is So High: Corporations and private-equity funds have been rolling up smaller chains and previously independent practices.
theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/04/vet-private-equity-industry/678180/
In Search of America Aboard the Icon of the Seas: Twenty decks, seven swimming pools, and one novelist wearing a meatball T-shirt.
theatlantic.com/podcasts/archive/2024/04/america-royal-caribbean-cruise-ship-icon-of-seas/678169/
How bird flu is shaping people’s lives: A conversation with Katherine J. Wu about the disease sweeping through animals and raising food-safety questions
theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2024/04/how-bird-flu-is-shaping-peoples-lives/678179/
Why Does Taylor Swift See Herself as an Albatross?: She can’t help identifying with the notorious bird from Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s poem.
theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2024/04/taylor-swift-albatross-tortured-poets-coleridge/678162/
A Dentist Found a Jawbone in a Floor Tile: Fossils are quite common in this type of stone, but human-looking ones are not.
theatlantic.com/science/archive/2024/04/hominin-jawbone-fossil-floor-tile-travertine/678153/
Young adults have found a new outlet for their existential stress: running a marathon, Maggie Mertens reports. The New Quarter-Life Crisis - The Atlantic This might sound like a classic ... Show more
The New Quarter-Life Crisis - The Atlantic
The New Quarter-Life Crisis - The Atlantic
In The Wonder Reader, Isabel Fattal explores the many different meanings of “I’m so busy,” and what we miss when our focus is on being busy above all else ... Show more
How being busy became a status symbol - The Atlantic
How being busy became a status symbol - The Atlantic
Columbia’s Retreat to ‘Virtual Learning’: Holding classes over Zoom just pretends to solve a problem.
theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2024/04/columbia-shafik-protests-online-classes/678171/
What Donald Trump Fears Most: A potential reckoning that he has spent a lifetime eluding could be coming.
theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/04/donald-trump-manhattan-trial-fear/678144/
What happens when genuine sympathy for civilian suffering mixes with a fervor that borders on the oppressive? Michael Powell spent nine hours yesterday ... Show more
The Unreality of Columbia’s ‘Liberated Zone’ - The Atlantic
The Unreality of Columbia’s ‘Liberated Zone’ - The Atlantic
Why a Dog’s Death Hits So Hard: I loved my mom more than my dog. So why did I cry for him but not for her?
theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/04/dogland-tommy-tomlinson-book-excerpt/678157/
Much of Taylor Swift’s new album is a dreary muddle, but with strange and surprising charms, and a couple of flashes of magic, Spencer Kornhaber writes. 'The Tortured Poets Department' Is a Muddle (With Some Magic) - The Atlantic
Quick Glance: Patti Smith Applauds Taylor Swift in 'Tortured Poets Department'
- Taylor Swift mentions Patti Smith in her new album 'The Tortured Poets Department'.
- Smith responded positively by posting photos of herself with a book by Dylan Thomas.
- Despite seeming different, Smith expressed understanding for Swift and praised her for potentially influencing fans positively.
- HuffPost calls for support for high-quality journalism that is freely accessible to all.
It wasn’t just Putin who lost in the House vote on Ukraine aid. David Frum on why Saturday's defeat for Trump in Congress may not be the last: Trump Deflates - The Atlantic
Boeing and the Dark Age of American Manufacturing: Somewhere along the line, the plane maker lost interest in making its own planes. Can it rediscover its ...
theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/04/boeing-corporate-america-manufacturing/678137/
The GOP’s Pro-Russia Caucus Lost. Now Ukraine Has to Win.: Once U.S. money starts flowing again, the dynamics of the war will change.
theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/04/republican-ukraine-russia-aid/678150/
When Elaina Plott Calabro sat down with Mike Johnson in March, he was in his fifth month as speaker of the House, and his victory this past weekend ... Show more
What If Mike Johnson Is Actually Good at This? - The Atlantic
What If Mike Johnson Is Actually Good at This? - The Atlantic
For Earth Day, a Photo Appreciation of Birds - 30 images of just some of the tens of billions of individual animals from varied species that inhabit almost ... Show more
For Earth Day, a Photo Appreciation of Birds - The Atlantic
For Earth Day, a Photo Appreciation of Birds - The Atlantic
Joseph Stiglitz: Neoliberalism Is Devouring Itself: Neoliberal orthodoxy holds that economic freedom is the basis of every other kind. That orthodoxy ...
theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/04/neoliberalism-freedom-markets-hayek/678124/
A Democrat’s Case for Saving Mike Johnson: Why Representative Marie Gluesenkamp Perez wants to rescue the speaker from his own party
theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/04/mike-johnson-ukraine-democrats/678161/
The New Empress of Self-Help Is a TikTok Star: Keila Shaheen outsold Oprah Winfrey with a journaling book marketed through TikTok. Now what?
theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2024/04/shadow-work-journal-keila-shaheen/678094/
Menopause and gender transition are both a “body-wide hormonal transition that affects virtually every organ, from skin to bones to brain,” Rachel E ... Show more
Women in Menopause Are Getting Short Shrift - The Atlantic
Women in Menopause Are Getting Short Shrift - The Atlantic
Women in Menopause Are Getting Short Shrift - The Atlantic
Women in Menopause Are Getting Short Shrift - The Atlantic
The college financial-aid scramble: Students are bearing the brunt of the disastrous FAFSA overhaul. That may affect where they go to college—and whether they ...
theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2024/04/the-college-financial-aid-scramble/678164/
DEI Statements Are Unreformable: Assessing a debate about a controversial hiring practice
theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/04/dei-statements-hiring-practice/678098/
A Poem by Carolina Hotchandani: 'My Book Had Come Undone': A poem for Wednesday
theatlantic.com/books/archive/2024/04/poem-carolina-hotchandani-my-book-had-come-undone/678165/
Last Weekend’s Political Mirage: The passage of the Ukrainian aid package won’t transform the GOP.
theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2024/04/last-weekends-political-mirage/678158/
On Sunday, George Stephanopoulos conducted a “skillful and revealing interview with New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu,” Peter Wehner writes ... Show more
Trump’s Willing Accomplice - The Atlantic
Trump’s Willing Accomplice - The Atlantic
What Even Is a Caesar Salad Anymore?: With chefs tossing in pig ear, tequila, and other wacky ingredients, when does a classic dish become something other than ...
theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2024/04/something-weird-happening-caesar-salads/678092/
“Challengers” Is a Sexy Tennis Thriller—Really: Challengers has plenty of moody intrigue, and it doesn’t skimp on the sports, either.
theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2024/04/challengers-movie-review/678151/
A consortium of television networks have invited President Joe Biden to debate Donald Trump on their platforms—but giving Trump equal status on a TV stage ... Show more
Why Biden Should Not Debate Trump - The Atlantic
Why Biden Should Not Debate Trump - The Atlantic
The Particular Cruelty of Colonial Wars: A new history of Indonesia’s fight for independence reveals the brutal means by which the Dutch tried to retain power.
theatlantic.com/books/archive/2024/04/david-van-reybrouck-revolusi-indonesia/678155/
Rachel Carson: Undersea: “To sense this world of waters known to the creatures of the sea we must shed our human perceptions of length and breadth and time and ...
theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1937/09/undersea/652922/
Trump's Misogyny Is on Trial in New York: To read through the court filings is to be plunged back anew into the dizzying chaos of those last few weeks ...
theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/04/hush-money-trial-trump-women/678145/
A consortium of television networks have invited President Joe Biden to debate Donald Trump on their platforms—but giving Trump equal status on a TV stage ... Show more
Why Biden Should Not Debate Trump - The Atlantic
Why Biden Should Not Debate Trump - The Atlantic
Quick Glance: Trump Narrows Gap with Young Voters, Biden's Lead Shrinks - Survey Results
- A new poll shows that former President Donald Trump continues to reduce his deficit with young voters compared to President Joe Biden.
- In the Harvard Youth Poll released on Thursday, Biden leads among 18- to 29-year-olds with 45 percent compared to 37 percent for Trump, while 16 percent are undecided.
- Biden holds a significant lead among likely voters who are non-white or female. He outperforms Trump by 47 points among college graduates and by 23 points among students.
- The survey also indicates that Trump's younger supporters are much more enthusiastic about the former president than their peers who support Biden, and that Biden's approval rating among young adults is only at 31 percent.
A Poem by José A. Rodríguez: 'Hinge': A poem for Sunday
theatlantic.com/books/archive/2024/04/poem-jose-rodriguez-hinge/678149/
It’s the End of the Web as We Know It: A great public resource is at risk of being destroyed.
theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2024/04/generative-ai-search-llmo/678154/
Over the course of World War II, countless challenges made basic transportation difficult, costly, and dangerous. That's where bicycles came in: Bicycles of World War II - The Atlantic 📸 ... Show more
The Politics of Pessimism: Why so many American leaders are advancing a new kind of nihilism
theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/04/the-age-of-grievance-frank-bruni/678127/
A Dentist Found a Jawbone in a Floor Tile: Fossils are quite common in this type of stone, but human-looking ones are not.
theatlantic.com/science/archive/2024/04/hominin-jawbone-fossil-floor-tile-travertine/678153/
The Conservative Who Turned White Anxiety Into a Movement: Pat Buchanan made white Republicans fear becoming a racial minority. Now Donald Trump is reaping the ...
theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/04/pat-buchanan-trump-white-majority-minority/678130/
“Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV” raises crucial questions about abuse in Hollywood—but it doesn’t go far enough, Hannah Giorgis argues: The Uncomfortable Truth About Child Abuse in Hollywood - The Atlantic The new ... Show more
Introducing: How to Know What's Real: A new season of the How To series from The Atlantic
theatlantic.com/podcasts/archive/2024/04/introducing-how-to-know-whats-real/678126/
Tips and tricks from a crossword prodigy: A conversation with this year’s speed-solving champion, Paolo Pasco
theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2024/04/tips-and-tricks-from-a-crossword-prodigy/678142/
What If AI Tried to Re-create John Sterling?: The iconic Yankees broadcaster John Sterling reminds us that what makes us human cannot be imitated.
theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/04/what-if-ai-tried-re-create-john-sterling/678134/
Why China Can’t Get Enough of Africa’s Donkeys: A popular remedy is made from hides imported from Africa—but the out-of-control trade is causing geopolitical ...
theatlantic.com/international/archive/2024/04/china-africa-donkey-hide-trade/678122/
How to look at the world with more wonder: Culture and entertainment musts from Valerie Trapp
theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2024/04/how-to-look-at-the-world-with-more-wonder/678143/
A quarter century after the tragedy, a false narrative about the Columbine shooters has helped propagate a sprawling subculture that idolizes murder and mayhem ... Show more
The Columbine-Killers Fan Club - The Atlantic
The Columbine-Killers Fan Club - The Atlantic
Why Did Cars Get So Expensive?: The cost of insurance is up 40 percent over the past two years.
theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/04/car-insurance-price-increase/678131/
The Art of Putting On Airs: In the 21st century, you are who you pretend to be. It’s a world Tom Ripley was made for.
theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2024/04/ripley-netflix-adaptation-art/678115/
Cows are suffering on even the most “humane” dairy farms, Annie Lowrey reports. What is a consumer who wants to support a gentle ... Show more
The Suffering Behind ‘Humane,’ Organic Milk - The Atlantic
The Suffering Behind ‘Humane,’ Organic Milk - The Atlantic
The Suffering Behind ‘Humane,’ Organic Milk - The Atlantic
The Suffering Behind ‘Humane,’ Organic Milk - The Atlantic
The Books Briefing: The Hidden Wisdom of Cookbooks: The author Ruby Tandoh argues for the freedom to cook—and eat—for pleasure.
theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2024/04/books-briefing-cookbooks-ruby-tandoh/678123/
It’s Really Hard to Rebuild a Marsh: Scientists hope a gentler approach can save those in San Francisco Bay.
hakaimagazine.com/news/making-a-marsh-out-of-a-mud-pile/
Understanding why you end up with too little time and too much to do can point you toward strategies for tackling the problem, lowering your stress ... Show more
How to Be Less Busy and More Happy - The Atlantic
How to Be Less Busy and More Happy - The Atlantic
Trump’s Alternate-Reality Criminal Trial: There was little drama in the courtroom yesterday. But the former president told a very different story to his ...
theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/04/trump-trial-manhattan-merchan/678082/
Quick Glance: Twelve Jurors Seated in Trump's Hush Money Trial
- A jury of 12 individuals was empaneled on Thursday in the landmark hush money trial of former President Donald Trump, bringing the proceedings closer to opening arguments and the commencement of weeks filled with compelling testimonies.
- The upcoming trial is anticipated to present unfavorable testimonies regarding Trump's personal life pre-presidency, including accusations of manipulating business records to suppress narratives in the final days of the 2016 election surrounding his intimate relationships.
- Central to the trial is a payment of $130,000 made by Cohen just before the 2016 election to adult film actress Stormy Daniels, aimed at preventing her allegations of a sexual encounter with Trump from being publicized in the campaign's final stretch.
- The selection of the jury holds paramount significance in any criminal proceeding, particularly so when the accused is a former president and the presumed Republican candidate. Potential jurors have undergone extensive scrutiny concerning their online presence, personal backgrounds, and political stances as legal representatives and the judge meticulously scrutinize for partialities that could compromise their impartiality.
The paradoxes of modern dating: A conversation with Faith Hill about daters’ competing desires for structure and serendipity
theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2024/04/the-paradoxes-of-modern-dating/678146/
In Praise of Miniatures: Tiny art deserves more attention.
theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/04/miniature-art-museums-thorne-rooms-bonsais/678133/
Welcome to Pricing Hell: The ubiquitous rise of add-on fees and personalized pricing has turned buying stuff into a game you can’t win.
theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/04/surge-pricing-fees-economy/678078/
Why Are Elo Ratings Everywhere Now?: What’s your Elo rating?
theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2024/04/elo-ratings-are-everywhere/678129/
“Politicians voting against TikTok are pursuing their conception of the national interest, not being suborned to serve some nebulous Jewish interest ... Show more
The Jews Aren’t Taking Away TikTok - The Atlantic
The Jews Aren’t Taking Away TikTok - The Atlantic
A pet isn’t a “starter kid,” but with the right amount of self-awareness, raising one could inform future parents of humans, Kate Cray writes ... Show more
What Can Having Pets Teach You About Parenting? - The Atlantic
What Can Having Pets Teach You About Parenting? - The Atlantic
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