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Tyler Comrie / The Atlantic The Meme That Defined a Decade
Over the past 10 years, the “This Is Fine” dog has evolved from a joke into an indictment.
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Joanne Imperio / The Atlantic; Mario Tama / … The Cognitive Dissonance of the Monterey Park Shooting
“How can you be celebrating and fearful at the same time?”
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Christopher Polk / NBC / Getty The Speeches That Saved the Golden Globes
If the show succeeded, it was thanks to the likes of Michelle Yeoh, Jennifer Coolidge, and Ke Huy Quan.
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Erik Carter / The Atlantic; Getty The Mistakes Historians Make on Television
History professionals can offer crucial insights on the great issues of the day. But best beware these stock phrases.
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Erik Carter / The Atlantic; Getty No One Wins in Elon Musk’s Battle With Journalists
The owner of Twitter and some of its most avid users are at war over the platform.
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HLN; The Atlantic The End of Companion Television
CNN’s Headline News may seem thoroughly old-fashioned now that it’s dead. But its demise is a reminder of the creeping nature of media obsolescence.
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JoJo Whilden / Universal Pictures A #MeToo Movie Devoid of Sensationalism
What She Said understands about investigative journalism
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Qilai Shen / Panos Pictures / Redux The Streaming Death Spiral Must End
Former Disney CEO Bob Iger is back at a time when the company desperately needs a new direction.
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Cole Wilson / The New York Times / … Who’s Afraid of Masih Alinejad?
The journalist and activist is caught between a regime that hates her and a diaspora whose elite isn’t eager to give her credit for anything.
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Getty; Alex Cochran How to Fight Fascism Before It’s Too Late
If you live in a country where democracy is still intact: Don’t wait.
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Getty; The Atlantic The Ad Industry’s Plan to Fix America’s Gun Crisis
It’s looking to the successful anti-smoking campaigns of the aughts to wage a new fight.
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Tyler Comrie / The Atlantic The Tech Site That Took On China’s Surveillance State
How did a trade publisher in Pennsylvania become a principal source of investigative journalism on the repressive apparatus Beijing uses against the Uyghurs?
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Sharaf Maksumov; Shutterstock; Lauren Justice / Bloomberg / … What Did Axios Do?
Don’t read the new book by the outlet’s co-founders. Experience it. Then buy six copies.
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CBS / Getty No One Performed Britishness Better Than Her Majesty
She understood intuitively what an extraordinary force cultural power could be.
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Ricardo Rey End Times in Aspen
How a Soviet-born developer and a West Virginia billionaire destroyed a 141-year-old Colorado newspaper
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C-Span / The Atlantic An Ode to Trump’s Outtakes
His post-insurrection-speech rehearsals are even more revealing—and disturbing—than the final version.
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The Atlantic The Horrors of No-News Facebook
Bible quotes and teddy bears forever
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Steve Helber / AFP / Getty; Jim Watson … The Amber Heard–Johnny Depp Trial Is Not a Joke
Why are so many people treating it like one?
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Mel Haasch The Fight to Decouple Sex From Marriage
Sixty years ago, Helen Gurley Brown’s best-selling book promised women sexual freedom. Today, it reads like an omen.
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Elizabeth Renstrom The Demise of ’90s Feminist-Zine Culture
Grappling with the impending closure of Bitch magazine at a time when women’s rights are under threat
