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This is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you through the biggest stories of the day, helps you discover new ideas, and recommends the best in culture. Sign up for it here.<\/p>\n
Read about the surprising cells you carry from your relatives, why getting up early might be the best life hack, what happens when your kid\u2019s best friend is a problem, and more.<\/p>\n
The Most Mysterious Cells in Our Bodies Don\u2019t Belong to Us<\/p>\n
You carry literal pieces of your mom\u2014and maybe your grandma, and your siblings, and your aunts and uncles. (From 2024)<\/p>\n
By Katherine J. Wu<\/p>\n
Something Alarming Is Happening to the Job Market<\/p>\n
A new sign that AI is competing with college grads<\/p>\n
By Derek Thompson<\/p>\n
The Secret History of Trump\u2019s Private Cellphone<\/p>\n
\u201cWho\u2019s calling?\u201d the president asks as he answers call after call from numbers he doesn\u2019t know.<\/p>\n
By Ashley Parker and Michael Scherer<\/p>\n
The Talented Mr. Vance<\/p>\n
J. D. Vance could have brought the country\u2019s conflicting strands together. Instead, he took a divisive path to the peak of power.<\/p>\n
By George Packer<\/p>\n
Why an Early Start Is the \u201cQuintessence of Life\u201d<\/p>\n
Not sleeping late could be the best resolution you ever keep.<\/p>\n
By Arthur C. Brooks<\/p>\n
When Your Kid\u2019s Best Friend Is a Great Big Problem<\/p>\n
A natural impulse is to forbid contact\u2014but that\u2019s likely to backfire.<\/p>\n
By Russell Shaw<\/p>\n
Is This the Worst-Ever Era of American Pop Culture?<\/p>\n
An emerging critical consensus argues that we\u2019ve entered a cultural dark age. I\u2019m not so sure.<\/p>\n
By Spencer Kornhaber<\/p>\n
The Week Ahead<\/p>\n
Essay<\/strong><\/p>\n Photo-illustration by Elizabeth Renstrom<\/p>\n How Did Taylor Swift Convince the World That She\u2019s Relatable?<\/p>\n By Spencer Kornhaber<\/p>\n A great way to ruin a party is to put on a Taylor Swift playlist. The Swift fans in the crowd will stop what they\u2019re doing to sing along, but pretty soon the non-Swifties will start to complain\u2014about the breathy and effortful singing, or some fussily worded lyrics, or the general vibe of lovelorn sentimentality cut with dorky humor (\u201cThis. Sick. Beat!\u201d). You\u2019ll soon find yourself hosting another round in the endless debate about whether Taylor Swift is a visionary artist or merely a slick product of marketing. Both camps will be reacting to the defining feature of Swift\u2019s music: There\u2019s just so much of her in it.<\/p>\n Read the full article.<\/p>\n More in Culture<\/p>\n Catch Up on The Atlantic<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Photo Album<\/p>\n Delphine Anderson bids farewell to her 6-year-old son on the first day of school in Australia on February 1, 1989. (Jack Vincent Picone \/ Fairfax Media \/ Getty)<\/p>\n Students, parents, and teachers greet the new school year, in images from recent years and from the archives.<\/p>\n Explore all of our newsletters.<\/em><\/p>\n When you buy a book using a link in this newsletter, we receive a commission. Thank you for supporting <\/em>The Atlantic.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you through the biggest stories of the day, helps you discover new ideas, and recommends the best in culture. Sign up for it here. Read about the surprising cells you carry from your relatives, why getting up early might be the best life<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19781,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[1671,3700,11988],"class_list":{"0":"post-19780","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-social-issues","8":"tag-atlantic","9":"tag-reads","10":"tag-sunday"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19780","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19780"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19780\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/19781"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}