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

• Shinzo Abe made the world better.
• The mystery of Michael Flynn
• The glaring contradiction of Republicans’ rhetoric of freedom

Plus: Scroll down for an update from Katherine J. Wu on the spread of Omicron’s latest subvariants.

Keep the Faith

It’s been a tough month. The mounting toll of the war in Ukraine, the murders in , the Supreme Court’s disturbing decisions—there hasn’t been a lot of great news. Boris Johnson , I suppose, counts; so does . But even before I began to write this, we learned, assassinated during a political rally. If you feel like the world is spinning out of control, you’re not alone.