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A watershed year for popular democratic movements around the world
The year 2011 saw the deaths of world-changing figures, from inventors and movie stars to peacemakers to dictators. A writer looks back on 15 of their lives.
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Three years after the peak of the Great Recession, 2011 was a year of Great Confrontation.
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From HHS overruling the FDA on an age limit for purchasing Plan B without a prescription to a large batch of cantaloupes contaminated with listeria, these are the year's biggest headlines
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Atlantic writers and editors pick their favorite moments on "Parks and Recreation," "Friday Night Lights," "Homeland," and more
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The worst use of 3D, the best unpleasant film to watch, the coolest action sequence, and more
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Atlantic editors and writers share their favorite titles—new, classic, or somewhere in between—from a year of reading
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Crowning the best, worst, and most Occupy Wall Street-ish achievements in rock, rap, and pop
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To review the most important business stories of 2011 is confront the sorry reality that good news is, broadly speaking, dead.
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From OWS to the Gabby Giffords shooting to the budget stalemates to the roller-coaster GOP presidential nominating contest, a look back at the year that was
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From Steve Jobs' death to the drone wars, a roundup of the most important stories of the year
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Tabloid dramas such as the trials of Casey Anthony and Conrad Murray filled the headlines this year, but the more important stories -- like the judicial budget crisis -- fell on deaf ears
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This year offered the best World Series game ever along with one of the most troubling scandals in college sports history. A look at the best of years and the worst of years.
The world may never run out of oil—and the consequences could be dire. Plus: avoiding the worst parts of death, Henry Kissinger's statesmanship, reconsidering hair metal, and more.
