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The Atlantic Daily: It’s Okay to Feel Burned Out
Our lives are different now. One year in, you might’ve picked up some weird pandemic habits, or maybe you’re just battling chronic burnout. It’s all okay.
March 16, 2021
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The pandemic has made our lives strange, small, and stressful. No wonder so many of us feel like we have “spent the past year being pushed through a pasta extruder,” as my colleague Ellen Cushing memorably put it.
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The Atlantic Daily: We’re Still Thinking About the Pandemic Wrong
Data are the key to understanding this pandemic, and yet America has never fully understood its own data systems. Plus: A family that lives permanently on daylight saving time.
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In a pandemic, numbers are king. “
Data might seem like an overly technical obsession,” Robinson Meyer and Alexis C. Madrigal wrote today. “But data are how our leaders apprehend reality.”
The Atlantic Daily: Americans’ Long-Awaited Return to Normal
At long last, Americans are able to see the relief on the horizon, and the end of the outbreak that’s cost the country more than 500,000 lives.
February 24, 2021
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The end is in sight. We preview the country’s long-awaited Return to Normal.
At long last, Americans are able to see the relief on the horizon, and the end of the outbreak that’s cost the country more than 500,000 lives.
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The Atlantic Daily: 14 Fixes for Pandemic Monotony
We’ve arrived at the final stretch of this pandemic. Break up the monotony of isolation with a small activity, as suggested by our newsroom.
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If you’re feeling overwhelmed by the prospect of being isolated for another few months, or have simply run out of activities to do in your home, let us help. Below, our writers and editors offer their best suggestions for making it through this stretch.
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The Atlantic Daily: Summer for Americans Could Feel ‘Normal’
The season may be one of hugs and hot dogs. We send you into the weekend with promising news (and a few suggestions for what to do).
February 20, 2021
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This summer may be one of hugs and hot dogs. We send you into the weekend with promising news (and a few suggestions for what to do).