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For a decade, something about Donald Trump has united America’s libertines and religious traditionalists under the same red cap. But now that coalition is cracking —Elaine Godfrey reports on a new movement of MAGA women. https://lnkd.in/emGrdiWp

Universities are racing to incorporate AI into their curriculum—but there’s a better way to prepare students for the future, Michael Clune argues.

American parents have lost touch with the way humans raised kids for thousands of years. Michaeleen Doucleff tells Joe Pinsker about those timeless methods and how they completely changed her own parenting. (From 2021) https://lnkd.in/eTbjRECg 📸: ClassicStock / Getty

In January, the Eaton Fire destroyed some 9,400 buildings between Altadena and Pasadena, two areas outside of Los Angeles. Many Altadena residents who were escaping the fire had originally come to this part of California in flight: “In the 20th century, Black folks seeking refuge from the Jim Crow South moved to California en masse,” Vann R. Newkirk II writes. “Redlining and restrictive covenants kept them from buying homes in Los Angeles, leaving unincorporated Altadena as a favored destination.” https://lnkd.in/eYbCxgDn The Eaton and Palisades Fires afflicted every class and demographic group, Newkirk writes, “but the first response appeared much worse on the west side of Altadena, where the Black population was centered, than anywhere else”: Of the more than 100 L.A. County fire trucks that went out to neighborhoods affected, only a single one entered West Altadena within the first 12 hours; and nearly half of all Black families in Altadena lost their home or sustained extensive damage. For months after the fires, empty lots languished in Altadena. Many residents, having purchased homes years ago, were severely underinsured. As of early October, fewer than 500 rebuilding permits had been issued within the Eaton Fire perimeter. As time passes, more people may feel inclined to move away. “The patterns of destruction and abandonment that followed the fire—which have roots in America’s past and its present—tell us something about the country’s future,” Newkirk writes. Read more from The Atlantic’s December issue: https://lnkd.in/eYbCxgDn

The Atlantic has chosen 65 titles to help foster a child’s lifelong relationship with books and to give these formative works the respect and scrutiny they deserve. Ellen Cushing explains why she chose "The Snowy Day." Explore the full list at the link: https://lnkd.in/eWB5adhU

"It’s humbling to realize that other people may live the majority of their life at entirely different hours than you do," Isabel Fattal writes. In the Wonder Reader, she explores what happens when people try to change their sleep habits:

An increasing number of college students are arriving on campus with math skills that don't meet middle-school standards. Rose Horowitch reports on what’s behind the national decline in mathematical ability: https://lnkd.in/eqix2Y_r 🎨: Akshita Chandra / The Atlantic

For a decade, something about Donald Trump has united America’s libertines and religious traditionalists under the same red cap. But now that coalition is cracking —Elaine Godfrey reports on a new movement of MAGA women. https://lnkd.in/emGrdiWp

Police spent more than 50 days searching a lake for Ryan Borgwardt, a kayaker they assumed had drowned. Then they told his wife that they’d come to believe something different. Jamie Thompson spoke with the people involved in the case that rattled a Wisconsin town. Read the full story from The Atlantic’s December issue at the link: https://lnkd.in/eYYcYdfQ 📸: Caleb Alvarado

America is quickly moving toward a system in which tens of millions of blue-state Republicans and red-state Democrats effectively have no congressional representation at all, Marc Novicoff argues. https://lnkd.in/eZ-TSPS9