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Radio Atlantic: How Germany Remembers the Holocaust
theatlantic.com > podcasts > archive...The book explores how different historical sites across the United States--including monuments, memorials, and museums--reckon with or fail to reckon... ...Two years ago I published a book, How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning With the History of Slavery Across America.... ...Today on Radio Atlantic, staff writer Clint Smith on the Holocaust, America's legacy of slavery, and what it means to memorialize tragedy.Smith:... ...So my name is Deborah Hartmann.Smith: And one of the people that I spoke to when I went to the House of the Wannsee Conference was Deborah Hartmann...

Nicole Chung: My Dad Died "a Common American Death"
theatlantic.com > family > archive...Hard as my mother and I pushed him, he only agreed to apply for Social Security Disability Insurance after two years of unemployment, when he began... ...My mother and father were among the estimated 48 million Americans at the time with no health insurance, too young for Social Security and Medicare...

Boygenius Wants to Be More Than the "Cool, Obscure Thing"
theatlantic.com > culture > archive...Lacy, Zach Bryan) or TikTok-friendly alias (d4vd, dazy).... ...Regida and Grupo Frontera).... ...Robert Plant and John Bonham and Jimmy Page all have their superpowers, but there's still a Justice League of Led Zeppelin.... ...The singer-songwriters Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers, and Lucy Dacus have all been recipients of such buzz....

Ron DeSantis took over a college in Florida. Now what?
theatlantic.com > ideas > archive...Then on January 6, Ron DeSantis, Florida's popular Republican governor, seized control of the college by appointing six new members to its board... ...Students walked on paths that wound past wisps of Spanish moss and a stately Banyan tree to a park on Sarasota Bay, where the outside world often... ...Quintanilla told the Sarasota Herald-Tribune in 2019, "just because the ideas that they believed were considered to be offensive."... ...of South Florida....

There's No Such Thing as a Casual Interaction With Your Doctor Anymore
theatlantic.com > health > archive...This cost is now being shifted back to the patients, and almost every interaction with a doctor, no matter how casual, counts as some form of "visit... ...He decided to give his doctor a quick call, and after five minutes, he hung up satisfied, he told me. Next thing he knew, he had a $180 bill.... ...Having an informal relationship with your doctor is now just fiction: You get the care that you pay for.When Jed Jacobsohn got COVID for the first...

In the Fight Over E-books, It's Publishers vs. Librarians
theatlantic.com > ideas > archive...Last week, a district court judge in New York ruled on Hachette Book Group, Inc.... ...).CDL, developed as a legal theory a bit more than a decade ago by the Georgetown University professor and law librarian Michelle Wu, asserts that... ...[Read: E-books are an abomination]If you want to read a physical book, you have many options: a local library, an independent bookstore, a Barnes...

Boygenius Wants to Be More Than the "Cool, Obscure Thing"
theatlantic.com > culture > archive...Yet even in indie rock, much of the buzz now goes to individuals.The singer-songwriters Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers, and Lucy Dacus have all been... ...Regida and Grupo Frontera).... ...Robert Plant and John Bonham and Jimmy Page all have their superpowers, but there's still a Justice League of Led Zeppelin.... ..., Stills & Nash did for its debut....

Buying a house probably won't make you happier
theatlantic.com > family > archive...In my own calculations, using the General Social Survey, 21 percent of people who own their home are "very happy," compared with 16 percent of those... ...It can even enhance your social status....

A Great Day for The Atlantic
theatlantic.com > newsletters > archive...Financial regulators testified before the House Financial Services committee about the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank.... ...The Manhattan grand jury hearing the hush-money case involving Donald Trump will reportedly break for two weeks in April, which will push back the... ...The bill now goes to the House. The Weekly Planet: The West agreed to pay climate reparations. That was the easy part, Emma Marris writes.... ...Up for Debate: Conor Friedersdorf looks to cosmic events to process the unfathomable. Explore all of our newsletters here.Evening Read....

Something Odd Is Happening With Handbags
theatlantic.com > technology > archive...Bottega Veneta Cassette, green padded leather, Soho, 20-something woman.... ...Louis Vuitton Pochette Métis, logo canvas, Hoyt-Schermerhorn subway stop, 40-ish woman.... ...As The New York Times recently noted, some Hermès Birkin buyers are now looking for older, broken-in bags in order to cultivate a more relaxed vibe... ...For many designer brands--and especially those with wide name recognition outside the industry--bags are the business, no matter how many other kinds...