Maria Ressa is focused on three things: avoiding prison, fixing the entire internet, and saving democracy.
Twitter’s new owner doesn’t seem to grasp what he’s purchased.
If Roe v. Wade is overturned, the very definition of what it means to be American will change for women and girls in the United States.
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A reader’s guide to The Atlantic’s coverage of a worsening democratic crisis
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Facebook is acting like a hostile foreign power; it’s time we treated it that way.
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The architecture of the modern web poses grave threats to humanity. It’s not too late to save ourselves.
Good luck with that.
It is time to stop pretending. Our children are staying home.
American conspiracy theories are entering a dangerous new phase.
Facebook has traded moral accountability for commercial gain, the former secretary of state tells The Atlantic. Clinton says Zuckerberg’s reasoning is “Trumpian.”
Over the centuries, our magazine has prized great storytelling. Now we’re recommitting ourselves to publishing short fiction, beginning with a story by Lauren Groff.
A century after women won the right to vote, The Atlantic reflects on the grueling fight for suffrage—and what came after.
Goodbye, dragon show.
The network quickly corrected the errant chyron, but it captured something essential about Trump's approach to immigration.
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