Jon Key Donald Trump Is Out. Are We Ready to Talk About How He Got In? “The First White President,” revisited Ta-Nehisi Coates
They Should Have Taken Them at Their Word Supporters are recoiling from some Republican politicians, not because they betrayed their campaign-trail promises, but because they fulfilled them. David A. Graham Francis Chung / E&E News / Politico / AP
America Can’t Exhale Just Yet Demonstrations across the country after the Capitol riot were small, but more violence may soon come. Adam Harris Stephanie Keith / Getty
How to Think About President Biden’s Big Climate Plans Democrats have learned not to peg their hopes to a single major climate bill. Robinson Meyer Stephanie Keith / Getty
America’s Most Reliable Pandemic Data Are at Risk The Biden administration has to make a choice: Should it undo a vital system that Trump’s health department created? Alexis C. Madrigal Katie Martin / The Atlantic
Samuel Corum / Getty Photos An Inauguration Like No Other Rehearsals and preparations are underway for the upcoming inaugural ceremony of President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President–elect Kamala Harris. Alan Taylor
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