The Problem With New Cars

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Our writer Ian Bogost wrote two articles last month that both left me wondering: What do our modes of transportation say about who we are? I chatted with Ian about the end of the stick shift, the wobbly rise of the e-bike, and why how we get around sparks such strong feelings about our identities.

But first, here are three new stories from The Atlantic.

• Ron DeSantis can’t troll his way into the White House.
• Puerto Rico needs independence, not statehood, a writer argues.