May is chock-full of primary elections, and they are starting to provide a picture of how deeply the G.O.P. is entrenched in Trumpism. J.D.
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‘This Wasn’t His First Time’
This is an excerpt from The Atavist’s issue no. 126, “A Crime Beyond Belief.” Just after seven in the morning on June 9, 2015, Misty Carausu joined a group of police officers lining up outside a dark green cabin with white trim. The blinds inside were drawn.
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How America Fractured Into Four Parts
Nations, like individuals, tell stories in order to understand what they are, where they come from, and what they want to be. National narratives, like personal ones, are prone to sentimentality, grievance, pride, shame, self-blindness. There is never just one—they compete and constantly change.
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