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Paris-based correspondent for covering politics and culture across Europe. Proud alumna & ex-Rome Bureau Chief. rdonadio@theatlantic.com

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    3 Aug 2017

    I'm thrilled to be joining . I'm now a proud alumna.

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    Germans rallied in the tens of thousands Monday night to rally against far-right and neo-Nazi violence in Chemnitz. But the strong showing doesn't obscure a dark and growing trend in German politics. My latest:

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    Sep 4

    So much was lost in Brazil's devastating museum fire--irreplaceable fossils, now-fully-dead languages, artifacts, careers, knowledge. It's hard to put the loss into words, but I tried:

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  4. Sep 4

    When the state (in this case China) sees religion (in this case Islam) as a pathology. A must-read from :

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    Sep 4

    "We’re seizing the opportunity to bring you the same vivid writing and provocative thinking more swiftly, more often, and more urgently." unveils The Atlantic's new Ideas section:

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  6. Sep 4

    The other crisis at the Vatican...

    Forget the She-Wolf, garbage-inhaling Sea Gulls are the new symbol of Rome.
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    Sep 4

    "The rising Mediterranean death rate is largely due to a spike in shipwrecks that occurred after Matteo Salvini, Italy’s far-right interior minister, barred most rescue vessels from bringing migrants to Italian ports in June ..."

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    Aug 31

    I'm with -- the only good coffee here is to be found in cafes run by Australians

    I beg to disagree
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    Aug 31

    When I moved to New York, I looked for jobs by circling classified ads in the Village Voice and the New York Press like I was in the first episode of the Mary Tyler Moore show or something. RIP (to both of those papers, to classified ads, and to Mary Tyler Moore).

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    Aug 31

    "We are the people." How Germany’s Far Right Stole a Rallying Cry for Democracy. Great video explainer by via

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    Aug 31

    Watch: Buckingham Palace pays 'Respect' to Aretha Franklin

    Buckingham Palace Pays 'Respect' To Aretha Franklin
    Crowds attending the Changing of the Guards Ceremony at Buckingham Palace were treated to more than the usual respect by the troops from the British Army's Household Division.
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    Aug 31

    Happy 🎬 Here's in Lions Love (...And Lies) dir. by Agnès Varda

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    Aug 31

    Freeway of Love: Dozens of pink Cadillacs lining the streets of Detroit ahead of Aretha Franklin's funeral celebration Friday morning.

    Pink Cadillacs for Aretha Franklin's funeral celebration.
    Freeway of Love: Dozens of pink Cadillacs lining the streets of Detroit ahead of Aretha Franklin's funeral celebration Friday morning.
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  14. Aug 31

    Some thoughts on the explosive letter that's causing a crisis in Francis's papacy. With shout-outs to great work by

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    Aug 31

    "We face an audience that isn’t just bored by tactical, amoral, insidery, and mostly male-dominated political reporting: Americans of all political stripes now actually hate it."

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    Aug 30

    Take 2

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    Theresa May filmed dancing again on her African trip
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  17. Aug 31

    Yay !

    New podcast: 's talks to about her piece "The lazy trope of the unethical female journalist," shown below. Listen via Apple (), Stitcher () & TuneIn ()
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  18. Aug 31

    Some fugitive thoughts on the Viganò letter. An explosive letter calling for Pope Francis's resignation may be more of a power play than a true cry for a cleanup of the Church, argues :

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  19. Aug 31

    THIS THREAD

    Wow. Without fanfare, a comprehensive archive of White House documents covering nearly all of Bill Clinton’s meetings and phone calls with Boris Yeltsin from 1993-1999 has been declassified and is now online. 1/
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  20. Aug 31

    This is unsettling. Mob Protests in Chemnitz Show New Strength of Germany’s Far Right

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  21. Aug 30

    Grande! on with photos by and insights by / In ‘The Piranhas,’ the Chronicler of Italy’s Mobsters Tries His Hand at Fiction. For a Change?

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