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theatlantic.com > ideas > 2026 > 04 > energy-price-consequences-iran-war > 686687

Why Trump Thinks He Can Walk Away From the Strait of Hormuz

6+ hour, 44+ min ago  (43+ words) The U.S. is feeling much less pain than its allies are. The U.S. is feeling much less pain than its allies are. David Frum: Why Trump didn't predict the gas-price spike Robert Kagan: America is now a rogue superpower...

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theatlantic.com > newsletters > 2026 > 04 > people-averse-to-culture-hype > 686693

How Some People Became So Averse to Hype

1+ day, 3+ hour ago  (171+ words) The more everyone loves something, the less you might want to join in. The more popular something gets, the less appealing it can start to feel. Take The Pitt: Suddenly, everyone's watching it and everyone's talking about it. At a…...

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theatlantic.com > family > 2026 > 04 > death-dementia > 686552

The Endless Goodbye

1+ day, 4+ hour ago  (570+ words) More than a decade before my dad died, I lost him to dementia. "It is what it is," my dad would say, which meant, in my mind, that we were all about to endure something awful as the price of…...

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theatlantic.com > ideas > 2026 > 04 > black-daughters-american-revolution > 686688

The Black Daughters of the American Revolution

1+ day, 4+ hour ago  (217+ words) More and more women of color are joining an organization once known as a bastion of racism and elitism. "All I knew about them'the Daughters'was what I learned at the dinner table, Batchelor told me recently. DAR had long been…...

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theatlantic.com > international > 2026 > 04 > iranian-opposition-united > 686679

The Iranian Opposition’s Urgent Task

1+ day, 5+ hour ago  (451+ words) A fractious movement is coming to recognize the need for common ground. The Iranian opposition has never lacked for a common enemy. The Islamic Republic has furnished no end of shared grievances, frustrated hopes, and collective traumas. And yet, its…...

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theatlantic.com > ideas > 2026 > 04 > ivy-league-education-income > 686682

What an Ivy League Education Really Gets You

1+ day, 4+ hour ago  (83+ words) Economists have a new theory of why graduates of top colleges have so much career success. Economists have a new theory of why graduates of top colleges have so much career success. From the December 2024 Issue: How the Ivy League…...

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theatlantic.com > sponsored > teamviewer-2026 > teamviewer-2026-express > 4081

The Future of IT Is Already Here

2+ day, 10+ hour ago  (918+ words) Illustrations by Ana Galva" A 2025 Gartner survey of CIOs found that their unanimous No. 1 priority was driving growth'a sharp advancement from the reactive nature of first-gen IT. In another study, McKinsey found that enterprises with high-performing IT teams show up…...

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theatlantic.com > newsletters > 2026 > 04 > trump-comes-for-cuba > 686692

What Trump Wants From Cuba

1+ day, 18+ hour ago  (36+ words) What Trump Wants From Cuba'The Atlantic A conversation with Vivian Salama about who stands to gain if America overhauls the island's leadership Will Gottsegen: What is the White House's plan for Cuba right now?...

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theatlantic.com > ideas > 2026 > 04 > trump-iran-war-weapons > 686685

Trump’s Stone-Age Strategy Will Lead to Tragedy

1+ day, 23+ hour ago  (36+ words) Trump's Stone-Age Strategy Will Lead to Tragedy'The Atlantic America and Iran are playing different games. From the May 2026 issue: Someday in Tehran Read: An army shake-up in the middle of a war...

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theatlantic.com > ideas > 2026 > 04 > epstein-files-contacts-degrees > 686265

The Epstein Spectrum

1+ day, 23+ hour ago  (1082+ words) A moral exercise in a moral desert Some people in the Epstein files are monstrously gross. Some are moderately gross. Some are situationally, aspirationally, or cosmetically gross. And it is also quite possible that some may be no grosser than…...