Hanna Rosin

If our interactions with our new neighbors had unfolded more like the typical neighborhood showdown, my MAGA hat versus your dump Trump sign, things might have been easier. Because that would have been just straight up neighbor warfare, pure mutual hatred.

If our interactions with our new neighbors had unfolded more like the typical neighborhood showdown, my MAGA hat versus your dump Trump sign, things might have been easier. Because that would have been just straight up neighbor warfare, pure mutual hatred.

But then, two, our new neighbors became real people to us. We also got an up-close intimate view of them, their monumental grief, their sleepless nights, their deep friendship, things that make it harder to purely hate on someone.

But then, two, our new neighbors became real people to us. We also got an up-close intimate view of them, their monumental grief, their sleepless nights, their deep friendship, things that make it harder to purely hate on someone.

But then, two, our new neighbors became real people to us. We also got an up-close intimate view of them, their monumental grief, their sleepless nights, their deep friendship, things that make it harder to purely hate on someone.

When we first ran into the militiamobile, we didn't know anything about Mickey and her crew. We thought anyone could be living in that house with that car. Maybe it was an actual militia headquarters with a cache of weapons in the basement. Maybe it was just some wacko whose patriotism had gone totally sideways.

When we first ran into the militiamobile, we didn't know anything about Mickey and her crew. We thought anyone could be living in that house with that car. Maybe it was an actual militia headquarters with a cache of weapons in the basement. Maybe it was just some wacko whose patriotism had gone totally sideways.

When we first ran into the militiamobile, we didn't know anything about Mickey and her crew. We thought anyone could be living in that house with that car. Maybe it was an actual militia headquarters with a cache of weapons in the basement. Maybe it was just some wacko whose patriotism had gone totally sideways.

Like, how long are you going to stay in D.C.?

Like, how long are you going to stay in D.C.?

Like, how long are you going to stay in D.C.?

That feels vaguely threatening.

That feels vaguely threatening.

That feels vaguely threatening.

That's coming up on We Live Here Now.

That's coming up on We Live Here Now.

That's coming up on We Live Here Now.

Project management by Nancy DeVille. Claudina Bade is the executive producer of Atlantic Audio, and Andrea Valdez is our managing editor. The Atlantic's executive editor is Adrienne LaFrance. Jeffrey Goldberg is the Atlantic's editor-in-chief.

Project management by Nancy DeVille. Claudina Bade is the executive producer of Atlantic Audio, and Andrea Valdez is our managing editor. The Atlantic's executive editor is Adrienne LaFrance. Jeffrey Goldberg is the Atlantic's editor-in-chief.

Project management by Nancy DeVille. Claudina Bade is the executive producer of Atlantic Audio, and Andrea Valdez is our managing editor. The Atlantic's executive editor is Adrienne LaFrance. Jeffrey Goldberg is the Atlantic's editor-in-chief.