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Yang, Lucy Calkins, Handel's <em>Messiah</em>, Thomas Mann's <em>The Magic Mountain</em>, eating with the Grateful Dead, and more.</p></div></div><h2 class="TocFeaturedSection_heading__Ed8nb">Cover Story</h2><div class="TocFeaturedSection_layout__0P_XC TocFeaturedSection_layout-1__E1mf7" data-event-module="featured"><div class="TocFeaturedSection_item__oHHoj TocFeaturedSection_item-1__6dbJd"><article class="TocHeroGridItem_horizontal__k454n"><figure class="TocHeroGridItem_figure__K1zDS"><a data-action="click link - featured - image" href="https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2024/12/meritocracy-college-admissions-social-economic-segregation/680392/" data-event-element="image"><picture class="TocHeroGridItem_image___4eD6"><img alt="A realistic illustration of a torn and frayed college pennant embroidered with an American-flag design." class="Image_root__XxsOp" sizes="(min-width: 1296px) 624px, (min-width: 786px) calc(50vw - 48px), calc(100vw - 32px)" srcSet="https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/uWepwDDf1-F2XmyBj2YtpYsnPHc=/83x390:1920x1614/624x416/media/img/2024/11/WEL_Brooks_MeritocracyOpenerNew/original.png 624w, https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/8Dabw07V2Hx-YoIMqAJ6zfgvYjs=/83x390:1920x1614/753x502/media/img/2024/11/WEL_Brooks_MeritocracyOpenerNew/original.png 753w, https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/uGCK3l4xWcafDwiXjFLTIsV2LBA=/83x390:1920x1614/1248x832/media/img/2024/11/WEL_Brooks_MeritocracyOpenerNew/original.png 1248w, https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/kKTN8RLf4yu03vcTSjSl6CB4zqg=/83x390:1920x1614/1506x1004/media/img/2024/11/WEL_Brooks_MeritocracyOpenerNew/original.png 1506w https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/MR541QKVgy15ssWKfkf28Ob2Wh4=/82x390:1920x1613/291x194/media/img/2024/11/WEL_Brooks_MeritocracyOpenerNew/original.png 291w, https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/-9vXNY9Jl5fLRr-mweyiv3fXTtc=/82x390:1920x1613/296x197/media/img/2024/11/WEL_Brooks_MeritocracyOpenerNew/original.png 296w, https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/HRmYP_7erfMtr_0oIv_wboOJrug=/82x390:1920x1613/455x303/media/img/2024/11/WEL_Brooks_MeritocracyOpenerNew/original.png 455w, https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/XWWZVEUc0NPmS81U60Y7OJiDfTc=/82x390:1920x1613/582x387/media/img/2024/11/WEL_Brooks_MeritocracyOpenerNew/original.png 582w, https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/dXYOdgDALCwZ2QtjkCi3zZi-n2o=/82x390:1920x1613/592x394/media/img/2024/11/WEL_Brooks_MeritocracyOpenerNew/original.png 592w, https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/drTyvsrM2P-UQs0VHAytZ4s6pjQ=/82x390:1920x1613/910x606/media/img/2024/11/WEL_Brooks_MeritocracyOpenerNew/original.png 910w" src="https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/uWepwDDf1-F2XmyBj2YtpYsnPHc=/83x390:1920x1614/624x416/media/img/2024/11/WEL_Brooks_MeritocracyOpenerNew/original.png" width="80" height="80"/></picture></a><div class="TocHeroGridItem_creditWrapper__JNP8U"><figcaption class="TocHeroGridItem_credit__cSbwl">Illustration by The Atlantic</figcaption></div></figure><div class="TocHeroGridItem_info__5b9cG"><h3 class="TocHeroGridItem_hed__r1Tr6"><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2024/12/meritocracy-college-admissions-social-economic-segregation/680392/" class="TocHeroGridItem_hedLink__yYgA5" data-action="click link - featured - title" data-event-element="title">How the Ivy League Broke America</a></h3><p class="TocHeroGridItem_dek__cIYoQ">The meritocracy isn’t working. We need something new.</p><div class="TocHeroGridItem_byline__RA7q_"><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/author/david-brooks/" class="TocHeroGridItem_authorLink__SRnDj" data-action="click link - featured - author" data-event-element="author">David Brooks</a></div></div></article></div></div><section class="PdfPromo_root__ogArX" data-event-module="pdf"><div class="PdfPromo_content__KmAtj"><img alt="" loading="lazy" class="Image_root__XxsOp Image_lazy__hYWHV PdfPromo_cover__ehV4G" sizes="(min-width: 576px) 187px, 156px" srcSet="https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/bTXlLje4MLfGVIdBwRZpCG4_icY=/0x0:2363x3150/156x208/media/img/issues/2024/11/18/1224_Cover/original.jpg 156w, https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/Og5zNYRpyTqOn7QQxPIxAyf_bh8=/0x0:2363x3150/187x249/media/img/issues/2024/11/18/1224_Cover/original.jpg 187w, https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/LkKmeOxMGeSpFnctxSvSuR3vKTE=/0x0:2363x3150/312x415/media/img/issues/2024/11/18/1224_Cover/original.jpg 312w, https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/1mY3VY_ZKqtwQowiYMea-d7BBFI=/0x0:2363x3150/374x498/media/img/issues/2024/11/18/1224_Cover/original.jpg 374w" src="https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/Og5zNYRpyTqOn7QQxPIxAyf_bh8=/0x0:2363x3150/187x249/media/img/issues/2024/11/18/1224_Cover/original.jpg" width="187" height="249"/><div class="PdfPromo_copy__Jerh4"><h2 class="PdfPromo_title__k4Xta">Get the digital edition of this issue.</h2><span class="PdfPromo_desc__h7WEi">Subscribers can access PDF versions of every issue in <i>The Atlantic</i> archive. 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Yang lying on desk with pen as mustache next to Jimmy adjusting a desk lamp" class="Image_root__XxsOp" sizes="(min-width: 1296px) 624px, (min-width: 786px) calc(50vw - 48px), calc(100vw - 32px)" srcSet="https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/R0oQlrIsi3ou5rmSJD-Fca-Z5FU=/74x0:3456x2255/624x416/media/img/2024/10/Li_1/original.png 624w, https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/BIpnApKcaSPqvikAFxlpLw-9cQU=/74x0:3456x2255/753x502/media/img/2024/10/Li_1/original.png 753w, https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/2ZuYRmNQEs7cYdbl4Le5TdLXGow=/74x0:3456x2255/1248x832/media/img/2024/10/Li_1/original.png 1248w, https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/0V-_xZks6xKRA6TCDbXw8veTYL8=/74x0:3456x2255/1506x1004/media/img/2024/10/Li_1/original.png 1506w https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/hl02cMTI5yde9BIWi52kjbPujn4=/71x0:3459x2255/291x194/media/img/2024/10/Li_1/original.png 291w, https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/nlKAftR7O4lt4xS8If8uokcP52Y=/71x0:3459x2255/296x197/media/img/2024/10/Li_1/original.png 296w, https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/yqCFEIPpDbyr0MsRBs_dHTXc3Fw=/71x0:3459x2255/455x303/media/img/2024/10/Li_1/original.png 455w, https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/7vSI56xLt5s57cEf_4Tn_onFPF4=/71x0:3459x2255/582x387/media/img/2024/10/Li_1/original.png 582w, https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/TFIN5p4yzySrtUOUAJOI9QOgFSE=/71x0:3459x2255/592x394/media/img/2024/10/Li_1/original.png 592w, https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/2xFi_qvHEUHxz-1Uck96FZtGdMU=/71x0:3459x2255/910x606/media/img/2024/10/Li_1/original.png 910w" src="https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/R0oQlrIsi3ou5rmSJD-Fca-Z5FU=/74x0:3456x2255/624x416/media/img/2024/10/Li_1/original.png" width="80" height="80"/></picture></a><div class="TocHeroGridItem_creditWrapper__JNP8U"><figcaption class="TocHeroGridItem_credit__cSbwl">Justin Chung for The Atlantic</figcaption></div></figure><div class="TocHeroGridItem_info__5b9cG"><h3 class="TocHeroGridItem_hed__r1Tr6"><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2024/12/jimmy-o-yang-career-interior-chinatown-hulu/680395/" class="TocHeroGridItem_hedLink__yYgA5" data-action="click link - featured - title" data-event-element="title">How Jimmy O. Yang Became a Main Character</a></h3><p class="TocHeroGridItem_dek__cIYoQ">The actor spent years stuck in small, clichéd roles. Now, starring in<em> Interior Chinatown</em>, he’s figuring out who he wants to be.</p><div class="TocHeroGridItem_byline__RA7q_"><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/author/shirley-li/" class="TocHeroGridItem_authorLink__SRnDj" data-action="click link - featured - author" data-event-element="author">Shirley Li</a></div></div></article></div><div class="TocFeaturedSection_item__oHHoj TocFeaturedSection_item-2__KmOda"><article class="TocGridItem_root__0j8NG" data-event-position="2"><figure class="TocGridItem_figure__T9du5"><a data-action="click link - grid - image 2" href="https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2024/12/iwao-hakamada-acquittal-japan-death-row/680393/" data-event-element="image"><picture class="TocGridItem_image__8bXGE"><source media="(min-width: 576px)" sizes="(min-width: 1296px) 296px, (min-width: 976px) calc(25vw - 40px), calc(50vw - 48px)" srcSet="https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/AKadvsGpPBSF_AnR3jr0DoNFrS4=/153x0:1843x1125/291x194/media/img/2024/11/Boxer_1_HP/original.png 291w, https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/N-a-rn7m7vTM4De5QCfVyC0Hj_Q=/153x0:1843x1125/296x197/media/img/2024/11/Boxer_1_HP/original.png 296w, https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/0sgmBMa3nj7Io3lAHajw_9pLfFU=/153x0:1843x1125/455x303/media/img/2024/11/Boxer_1_HP/original.png 455w, https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/rMgnuBKdFEyrn-AhlIg7J7nprK4=/153x0:1843x1125/582x387/media/img/2024/11/Boxer_1_HP/original.png 582w, https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/HPncuJUWUEsn1sLnDeBJSW--8Ao=/153x0:1843x1125/592x394/media/img/2024/11/Boxer_1_HP/original.png 592w, https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/3wEN1EtvNyW1W1DAh1ZzZIeOZvM=/153x0:1843x1125/910x606/media/img/2024/11/Boxer_1_HP/original.png 910w"/><img alt="A black-and-white illustration of an older man in a collared shirt and v-neck sweater sitting in a high-back chair." loading="lazy" class="Image_root__XxsOp Image_lazy__hYWHV" srcSet="https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/S3sWv5yodDUF9j2DkHEIDEk9sHc=/425x0:1550x1125/80x80/media/img/2024/11/Boxer_1_HP/original.png, https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/I4M4X_EFrPurFA5A9k1nz8cX9oM=/425x0:1550x1125/160x160/media/img/2024/11/Boxer_1_HP/original.png 2x" src="https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/S3sWv5yodDUF9j2DkHEIDEk9sHc=/425x0:1550x1125/80x80/media/img/2024/11/Boxer_1_HP/original.png" width="80" height="80"/></picture></a><div class="TocGridItem_creditWrapper__2ftwB"><figcaption class="TocGridItem_credit___ND_F">Illustration by Matt Rota</figcaption></div></figure><div class="TocGridItem_info__6gD3B"><h3 class="TocGridItem_hed__xW8ES"><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2024/12/iwao-hakamada-acquittal-japan-death-row/680393/" class="TocGridItem_hedLink__liNnR" data-action="click link - grid - title 2" data-event-element="title">He Was the World’s Longest-Held Death-Row Inmate. He Was Also Innocent.</a></h3><p class="TocGridItem_dek__RDWmK">Each day for 50 years, the Japanese boxer Iwao Hakamada woke up unsure whether it would be his last.</p><div class="TocGridItem_byline__ilHch"><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/author/robert-worth/" class="TocGridItem_authorLink__gvOBv" data-action="click link - grid - author 2" data-event-element="author">Robert F. Worth</a></div></div></article></div><div class="TocFeaturedSection_item__oHHoj TocFeaturedSection_item-3__0RR2y"><article class="TocGridItem_root__0j8NG" data-event-position="3"><figure class="TocGridItem_figure__T9du5"><a data-action="click link - grid - image 3" href="https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2024/12/lucy-calkins-child-literacy-teaching-methodology/680394/" data-event-element="image"><picture class="TocGridItem_image__8bXGE"><source media="(min-width: 576px)" sizes="(min-width: 1296px) 296px, (min-width: 976px) calc(25vw - 40px), calc(50vw - 48px)" srcSet="https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/IqVUX3PkU_wAgjy10GuDW4PZVW8=/386x0:4565x2781/291x194/media/img/2024/11/Lucy_28709_F/original.jpg 291w, https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/D_HDIvPnpZeVGU-7wM0h4vz8C44=/386x0:4565x2781/296x197/media/img/2024/11/Lucy_28709_F/original.jpg 296w, https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/xivTlJyHf0SN09P5Rp2Ht91qJ7s=/386x0:4565x2781/455x303/media/img/2024/11/Lucy_28709_F/original.jpg 455w, https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/RnV9Y2YdJInQSj43EEp1Z9JqMJQ=/386x0:4565x2781/582x387/media/img/2024/11/Lucy_28709_F/original.jpg 582w, https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/9k9eELEteWfGPSV35QmvJynd95c=/386x0:4565x2781/592x394/media/img/2024/11/Lucy_28709_F/original.jpg 592w, https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/KGCWX2HSeCalldZg_GubId5feL8=/386x0:4565x2781/910x606/media/img/2024/11/Lucy_28709_F/original.jpg 910w"/><img alt="black-and-white photo of woman sitting behind desk next to sofa in home library in front of shelves filled with books" loading="lazy" class="Image_root__XxsOp Image_lazy__hYWHV" srcSet="https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/Tf2FiooiFW1Oa4162xua9b79cyg=/1082x0:3863x2781/80x80/media/img/2024/11/Lucy_28709_F/original.jpg, https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/ekrlKBO0sumN3j2OE-2AwX642cE=/1082x0:3863x2781/160x160/media/img/2024/11/Lucy_28709_F/original.jpg 2x" src="https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/Tf2FiooiFW1Oa4162xua9b79cyg=/1082x0:3863x2781/80x80/media/img/2024/11/Lucy_28709_F/original.jpg" width="80" height="80"/></picture></a><div class="TocGridItem_creditWrapper__2ftwB"><figcaption class="TocGridItem_credit___ND_F">Jeff Brown for The Atlantic</figcaption></div></figure><div class="TocGridItem_info__6gD3B"><h3 class="TocGridItem_hed__xW8ES"><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2024/12/lucy-calkins-child-literacy-teaching-methodology/680394/" class="TocGridItem_hedLink__liNnR" data-action="click link - grid - title 3" data-event-element="title">How One Woman Became the Scapegoat for America’s Reading Crisis</a></h3><p class="TocGridItem_dek__RDWmK">Lucy Calkins was an education superstar. Now she’s cast as the reason a generation of students struggles to read. Can she reclaim her good name?</p><div class="TocGridItem_byline__ilHch"><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/author/helen-lewis/" class="TocGridItem_authorLink__gvOBv" data-action="click link - grid - author 3" data-event-element="author">Helen Lewis</a></div></div></article></div><div class="TocFeaturedSection_item__oHHoj TocFeaturedSection_item-4__7rJCU"><article class="TocGridItem_root__0j8NG TocGridItem_horizontalBreakpointSmall__Ttf3p" data-event-position="4"><figure class="TocGridItem_figure__T9du5"><a data-action="click link - grid - image 4" href="https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2024/12/national-gallery-exhibit-paris-1874-impressionist-movement/680401/" data-event-element="image"><picture class="TocGridItem_image__8bXGE"><source media="(min-width: 576px)" sizes="(min-width: 1296px) 296px, (min-width: 976px) calc(25vw - 40px), calc(50vw - 48px)" srcSet="https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/MWn8ULAydj3wkJEcH8W8wkXMJ6I=/153x0:1843x1125/291x194/media/img/2024/10/Tallman_HP/original.png 291w, https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/Jt0GVGHFXWR6hCWloKEO6-HG90I=/153x0:1843x1125/296x197/media/img/2024/10/Tallman_HP/original.png 296w, https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/HhRVVZxIwlDh--RMJuqNX80k630=/153x0:1843x1125/455x303/media/img/2024/10/Tallman_HP/original.png 455w, https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/12aH-3XQanBey5YMgOnxGb4OtWw=/153x0:1843x1125/582x387/media/img/2024/10/Tallman_HP/original.png 582w, https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/sIXHtxHzzDsOko9WCeNKvIj2018=/153x0:1843x1125/592x394/media/img/2024/10/Tallman_HP/original.png 592w, https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/AAAbE5BT8P2vGdFgBHN6FI2w7qc=/153x0:1843x1125/910x606/media/img/2024/10/Tallman_HP/original.png 910w"/><img alt="detail from painting of woman in 19th-century dress gazing down at baby in cradle with sheer drape around it" loading="lazy" class="Image_root__XxsOp Image_lazy__hYWHV" srcSet="https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/TDZjmTGKTsYGn7bQA9NQMaaVPGE=/225x0:1350x1125/80x80/media/img/2024/10/Tallman_HP/original.png, https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/6aXBi2ydkqeUHmlUPF1CV0RU9gM=/225x0:1350x1125/160x160/media/img/2024/10/Tallman_HP/original.png 2x" src="https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/TDZjmTGKTsYGn7bQA9NQMaaVPGE=/225x0:1350x1125/80x80/media/img/2024/10/Tallman_HP/original.png" width="80" height="80"/></picture></a><div class="TocGridItem_creditWrapper__2ftwB"><figcaption class="TocGridItem_credit___ND_F">© Musée d’Orsay, Dist. RMN-Grand Palais / Patrice Schmidt</figcaption></div></figure><div class="TocGridItem_info__6gD3B"><h3 class="TocGridItem_hed__xW8ES"><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2024/12/national-gallery-exhibit-paris-1874-impressionist-movement/680401/" class="TocGridItem_hedLink__liNnR" data-action="click link - grid - title 4" data-event-element="title">The Exhibit That Will Change How You See Impressionism</a></h3><p class="TocGridItem_dek__RDWmK">The National Gallery’s “Paris 1874” explores the movement’s dark origins.</p><div class="TocGridItem_byline__ilHch"><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/author/susan-tallman/" class="TocGridItem_authorLink__gvOBv" data-action="click link - grid - author 4" data-event-element="author">Susan Tallman</a></div></div></article></div></div></div><gpt-ad class="GptAd_root__pAvcS Injector_root__U1KQn Injector_shaded__u8fiA Injector_noBorder__IzK3j" format="injector" sizes-at-0="mobile-wide" targeting-pos="tocinjector" sizes-at-976="desktop-wide"></gpt-ad><div class="TocLayoutContainer_root__0v8vr"><h2 class="TocSection_heading__mCwGg">Dispatches</h2><ul class="TocArticleGrid_root__WjK3c" data-event-module="grid"><li class="TocArticleGrid_item__05Vpj"><article class="TocGridItem_root__0j8NG" data-event-position="1"><figure class="TocGridItem_figure__T9du5"><a data-action="click link - grid - image 1" href="https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2024/12/israel-palestine-conflict-resolution-future/680389/" data-event-element="image"><picture class="TocGridItem_image__8bXGE"><source media="(min-width: 576px)" sizes="(min-width: 1296px) 296px, (min-width: 976px) calc(25vw - 40px), calc(50vw - 48px)" srcSet="https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/bH2f-wSWYZJjQTEOMhTwfbdj4NA=/204x0:2408x1467/291x194/media/img/2024/10/Atlanticexpanded_hori/original.jpg 291w, https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/dM1W5Dh1GnlWA7nJ1jVuO9KdfSI=/204x0:2408x1467/296x197/media/img/2024/10/Atlanticexpanded_hori/original.jpg 296w, https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/o0WQHPxt5vxzJ9ssq3xo3VmO5-M=/204x0:2408x1467/455x303/media/img/2024/10/Atlanticexpanded_hori/original.jpg 455w, https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/7fsCi1DxWeWbvd836KOTdI74M68=/204x0:2408x1467/582x387/media/img/2024/10/Atlanticexpanded_hori/original.jpg 582w, https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/fhEXI2RYN3QSaEB8IQ4JPfR1Iu0=/204x0:2408x1467/592x394/media/img/2024/10/Atlanticexpanded_hori/original.jpg 592w, https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/m8ObZ_UzoX5zbkBp2OzE0o_HkM8=/204x0:2408x1467/910x606/media/img/2024/10/Atlanticexpanded_hori/original.jpg 910w"/><img alt="Israeli and Palestinian flags on flagpoles that bend and cross over each other to form the shape of a house with a roof" loading="lazy" class="Image_root__XxsOp Image_lazy__hYWHV" srcSet="https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/ACtyK_Cdp6YX-CkvnVyEjwjhUPA=/571x0:2038x1467/80x80/media/img/2024/10/Atlanticexpanded_hori/original.jpg, https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/Zg0N2QpQR3tTzXaF9QsAe9O6rJ0=/571x0:2038x1467/160x160/media/img/2024/10/Atlanticexpanded_hori/original.jpg 2x" src="https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/ACtyK_Cdp6YX-CkvnVyEjwjhUPA=/571x0:2038x1467/80x80/media/img/2024/10/Atlanticexpanded_hori/original.jpg" width="80" height="80"/></picture></a><div class="TocGridItem_creditWrapper__2ftwB"><figcaption class="TocGridItem_credit___ND_F">Illustration by Matt Chase</figcaption></div></figure><div class="TocGridItem_info__6gD3B"><h3 class="TocGridItem_hed__xW8ES"><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2024/12/israel-palestine-conflict-resolution-future/680389/" class="TocGridItem_hedLink__liNnR" data-action="click link - grid - title 1" data-event-element="title">My Hope for Palestine</a></h3><p class="TocGridItem_dek__RDWmK">There’s still a path to lasting peace. But we’ll need a new set of leaders.</p><div class="TocGridItem_byline__ilHch"><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/author/samer-sinijlawi/" class="TocGridItem_authorLink__gvOBv" data-action="click link - grid - author 1" data-event-element="author">Samer Sinijlawi</a></div></div></article></li><li class="TocArticleGrid_item__05Vpj"><article class="TocGridItem_root__0j8NG" data-event-position="2"><figure class="TocGridItem_figure__T9du5"><a data-action="click link - grid - image 2" href="https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2024/12/grateful-dead-tour-food/680390/" data-event-element="image"><picture class="TocGridItem_image__8bXGE"><source media="(min-width: 576px)" sizes="(min-width: 1296px) 296px, (min-width: 976px) calc(25vw - 40px), calc(50vw - 48px)" srcSet="https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/Pep5GgszTv8wNhwFVsC664rbZ80=/35x386:1965x1670/291x194/media/img/2024/11/DIS_Hart_FoodTourHP-1/original.png 291w, https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/WofDQ417c2qKGM2jWdhlM6H073c=/35x386:1965x1670/296x197/media/img/2024/11/DIS_Hart_FoodTourHP-1/original.png 296w, https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/aqK9l3N-q_Sr_naHNTxy49Z8kjQ=/35x386:1965x1670/455x303/media/img/2024/11/DIS_Hart_FoodTourHP-1/original.png 455w, https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/OftTiQzNL6ObtzLVISsWojglk9A=/35x386:1965x1670/582x387/media/img/2024/11/DIS_Hart_FoodTourHP-1/original.png 582w, https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/I4ocRxAtpWoDB7vHlbFVpVh-_9I=/35x386:1965x1670/592x394/media/img/2024/11/DIS_Hart_FoodTourHP-1/original.png 592w, https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/dAtbaMLAzyaR5KhUWwYmdKjyj_8=/35x386:1965x1670/910x606/media/img/2024/11/DIS_Hart_FoodTourHP-1/original.png 910w"/><img alt="brightly painted bus driving down road with '60s-style sunset and diner waitresses with pie" loading="lazy" class="Image_root__XxsOp Image_lazy__hYWHV" srcSet="https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/iRYRWzz1jl-G1hYjfTVSj4rRgLw=/134x1:1990x1857/80x80/media/img/2024/11/DIS_Hart_FoodTourHP-1/original.png, https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/GcbO_CP2rUomboOqxkvlmroUzhE=/134x1:1990x1857/160x160/media/img/2024/11/DIS_Hart_FoodTourHP-1/original.png 2x" src="https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/iRYRWzz1jl-G1hYjfTVSj4rRgLw=/134x1:1990x1857/80x80/media/img/2024/11/DIS_Hart_FoodTourHP-1/original.png" width="80" height="80"/></picture></a><div class="TocGridItem_creditWrapper__2ftwB"><figcaption class="TocGridItem_credit___ND_F">Illustration by Raisa Álava</figcaption></div></figure><div class="TocGridItem_info__6gD3B"><h3 class="TocGridItem_hed__xW8ES"><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2024/12/grateful-dead-tour-food/680390/" class="TocGridItem_hedLink__liNnR" data-action="click link - grid - title 2" data-event-element="title">What the Band Eats</a></h3><p class="TocGridItem_dek__RDWmK">Memories of the meals I ate growing up with the Grateful Dead</p><div class="TocGridItem_byline__ilHch"><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/author/reya-hart/" class="TocGridItem_authorLink__gvOBv" data-action="click link - grid - author 2" data-event-element="author">Reya Hart</a></div></div></article></li><li class="TocArticleGrid_item__05Vpj"><article class="TocGridItem_root__0j8NG" data-event-position="3"><figure class="TocGridItem_figure__T9du5"><a data-action="click link - grid - image 3" href="https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2024/12/los-angeles-lowrider-scene-photographs-owen-harvey/680391/" data-event-element="image"><picture class="TocGridItem_image__8bXGE"><source media="(min-width: 576px)" sizes="(min-width: 1296px) 296px, (min-width: 976px) calc(25vw - 40px), calc(50vw - 48px)" srcSet="https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/zZ03Y--q78Up2YFPGNrmZF4q2ys=/60x254:3317x2422/291x194/media/img/2024/10/LA_1stAug_OwenHarvey_0129_copy/original.jpg 291w, https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/BhqDugAjh7SN0nFVlnQupJWmvLg=/60x254:3317x2422/296x197/media/img/2024/10/LA_1stAug_OwenHarvey_0129_copy/original.jpg 296w, https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/eDxyantoB-CZDsduTiocCU4hMCA=/60x254:3317x2422/455x303/media/img/2024/10/LA_1stAug_OwenHarvey_0129_copy/original.jpg 455w, https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/0Wv4QejDBVsSRtCZyHbEgchzTS0=/60x254:3317x2422/582x387/media/img/2024/10/LA_1stAug_OwenHarvey_0129_copy/original.jpg 582w, https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/Cl3I3UiKXtp_8HLLRsAEA33A7A0=/60x254:3317x2422/592x394/media/img/2024/10/LA_1stAug_OwenHarvey_0129_copy/original.jpg 592w, https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/N8yfE9w_rNGcbu_-K9iUXDp5F2I=/60x254:3317x2422/910x606/media/img/2024/10/LA_1stAug_OwenHarvey_0129_copy/original.jpg 910w"/><img alt="photo of hydraulic car resting on back wheels with front wheels in air above the head of man standing behind it, with tall arched bridge in background" loading="lazy" class="Image_root__XxsOp Image_lazy__hYWHV" srcSet="https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/H63dL3hzEZn805aU_7_mHdUTNzk=/286x0:2988x2702/80x80/media/img/2024/10/LA_1stAug_OwenHarvey_0129_copy/original.jpg, https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/QvRSUc-AhdvvqsA9nbL8fI-iD6Q=/286x0:2988x2702/160x160/media/img/2024/10/LA_1stAug_OwenHarvey_0129_copy/original.jpg 2x" src="https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/H63dL3hzEZn805aU_7_mHdUTNzk=/286x0:2988x2702/80x80/media/img/2024/10/LA_1stAug_OwenHarvey_0129_copy/original.jpg" width="80" height="80"/></picture></a><div class="TocGridItem_creditWrapper__2ftwB"><figcaption class="TocGridItem_credit___ND_F">Owen Harvey</figcaption></div></figure><div class="TocGridItem_info__6gD3B"><h3 class="TocGridItem_hed__xW8ES"><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2024/12/los-angeles-lowrider-scene-photographs-owen-harvey/680391/" class="TocGridItem_hedLink__liNnR" data-action="click link - grid - title 3" data-event-element="title">Hydraulic Revolution</a></h3><p class="TocGridItem_dek__RDWmK">Photographs of Los Angeles’s lowriding scene</p><div class="TocGridItem_byline__ilHch"><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/author/alejandra-molina/" class="TocGridItem_authorLink__gvOBv" data-action="click link - grid - author 3" data-event-element="author">Alejandra Molina</a></div></div></article></li></ul><h2 class="TocSection_heading__mCwGg">Culture & Critics</h2><ul class="TocArticleGrid_root__WjK3c" data-event-module="grid"><li class="TocArticleGrid_item__05Vpj"><article class="TocGridItem_root__0j8NG" data-event-position="1"><figure class="TocGridItem_figure__T9du5"><a data-action="click link - grid - image 1" href="https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2024/12/nick-cave-bad-seeds-wild-god-album-grief-masculinity/680396/" data-event-element="image"><picture class="TocGridItem_image__8bXGE"><source media="(min-width: 576px)" sizes="(min-width: 1296px) 296px, (min-width: 976px) calc(25vw - 40px), calc(50vw - 48px)" srcSet="https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/__gNTeLUOBRShOG85DIbrYK1G0A=/153x0:1843x1125/291x194/media/img/2024/10/Nick_final_HP/original.png 291w, https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/IpPR2sRXOhodfIR8ULRuaaIaa70=/153x0:1843x1125/296x197/media/img/2024/10/Nick_final_HP/original.png 296w, https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/ANRpgP_muT_pCTagya-OUD6iaqo=/153x0:1843x1125/455x303/media/img/2024/10/Nick_final_HP/original.png 455w, https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/p9ra0VVF5nHEOshJyu2EcEiWlP0=/153x0:1843x1125/582x387/media/img/2024/10/Nick_final_HP/original.png 582w, https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/nDK3S2zUSNgQ3qKzC8BBLsnQumc=/153x0:1843x1125/592x394/media/img/2024/10/Nick_final_HP/original.png 592w, https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/mXeJvVEWAPLClGi1nOWHgqcTZDk=/153x0:1843x1125/910x606/media/img/2024/10/Nick_final_HP/original.png 910w"/><img alt="photo-illustration of red image of Nick Cave singing into microphone" loading="lazy" class="Image_root__XxsOp Image_lazy__hYWHV" srcSet="https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/TErbQue3OjtOI0_sR60hoefFKpM=/615x0:1740x1125/80x80/media/img/2024/10/Nick_final_HP/original.png, https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/YY7KiOzMcKEJK8d-u1Hqi1Qcl4Q=/615x0:1740x1125/160x160/media/img/2024/10/Nick_final_HP/original.png 2x" src="https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/TErbQue3OjtOI0_sR60hoefFKpM=/615x0:1740x1125/80x80/media/img/2024/10/Nick_final_HP/original.png" width="80" height="80"/></picture></a><div class="TocGridItem_creditWrapper__2ftwB"><figcaption class="TocGridItem_credit___ND_F">Illustration by Gabriela Pesqueira. 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