Month: November 2024

For years, Gen Z has had a reputation for being “woke.” Last week’s election showed they were always more complicated, writes @fhill_official:

https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2024/11/gen-z-woke-myth-election/680653/?gift=yGKGqaI9BMfIDuch_TrGYbIvrVK4kxWKrVJ4cqUfK0A&utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social

The Senate “is so skewed in favor of the current Republican coalition that Democrats need at least a few red-state seats to win consistent majorities,” @dblock94 writes. “Now they have none.”

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/11/democrats-senate-nightmare/680620/?gift=yGKGqaI9BMfIDuch_TrGYUDguv0cmT9kuEW2eM9AI3M&utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social

“When Trump fulminates against his enemies, he tends to cite Democrats or the permanent federal bureaucracy, but Trump is actually laying the groundwork to bypass Republicans to enact big parts of his agenda,” writes @GrahamDavidA:

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/11/trump-tries-sideline-congressional-republicans/680655/?gift=yGKGqaI9BMfIDuch_TrGYQ524EgqaNOqgIyyR_a2aac&utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social

America’s meritocracy is broken, @nytdavidbrooks writes. Here’s how to fix it:

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2024/12/meritocracy-college-admissions-social-economic-segregation/680392/?gift=yGKGqaI9BMfIDuch_TrGYaTkCQBEsM67DIrwqJD3QUs&utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social

America’s meritocracy is broken, @nytdavidbrooks writes. Here’s how to fix it:

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2024/12/meritocracy-college-admissions-social-economic-segregation/680392/?gift=yGKGqaI9BMfIDuch_TrGYbGQwP72VcLimuyHyeWX2_U&utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social

Many Democrats assumed that Americans would ultimately not vote for Donald Trump. But this, Representative Ritchie Torres says, was pure delusion.

@powellAtlantic on the Democratic congressman who wasn’t surprised by the results of the election: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/11/democrats-lost-voters-ritchie-torres/680599/?gift=yGKGqaI9BMfIDuch_TrGYQ3LLnDy0r6Dh6VTdRtP8DI&utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social