Adrienne LaFrance
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The 12 Most Unforgettable Descriptions of Food in Literature
Haruki Murakami’s stir fry, Maurice Sendak’s chicken soup with rice—only the most gifted writers have made meals on the page worth remembering. → Read More
Facebook Is an Authoritarian State
Facebook is acting like a hostile foreign power; it’s time we treated it that way. → Read More
Facebook Is a Doomsday Machine
The architecture of the modern web poses grave threats to humanity. It’s not too late to save ourselves. → Read More
So You Want to Go to War With Philadelphia?
Good luck with that. → Read More
The Prophecies of Q
American conspiracy theories are entering a dangerous new phase. → Read More
Let’s All Read More Fiction
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. → Read More
Mark Zuckerberg Doesn’t Understand Journalism
Either that, or he doesn’t care. → Read More
The Case Against Tom Brady
He’s arguably the best quarterback of all time. That’s part of what makes him the absolute worst. → Read More
The New York Times's Glenn Thrush Dilemma
Top leaders at the newspaper say they took an ultra-nuanced approach in deciding how to handle allegations against a star reporter. → Read More
Donald Trump’s Obsession with Time Magazine Makes Almost Too Much Sense
The now-fading publication evokes a distinct 20th-century kind of wealth and influence—like the Plaza Hotel and Elaine’s on the Upper East Side. → Read More
Jake Tapper Would Prefer Not To Be So Agitated
The CNN correspondent on journalism, hypocrisy, how a Twitter fave can ruin his morning, and why he has a poster of George Wallace hanging in his office → Read More
From Nieman Reports: The powers and perils of news personalization » Nieman Journalism Lab
News personalization could help publishers attract and retain audiences — in the process making political polarization even worse. → Read More
The Power of Personalization
News organizations, following Google and Facebook’s lead, are increasingly betting that offering personalized content is a good business and editorial strategy Sébastien Thibault It took a terrorist attack for Google to enter the news business. On September 11, 2001, after hijackers crashed two commercial jets into the World Trade Center as well as a third plane into the Pentagon and another… → Read More
The Latest on Hurricane Harvey
A guide to The Atlantic’s ongoing coverage of the catastrophe in Texas → Read More
The Acrostic as a Form of Bureaucratic Dissent
Hiding a message in a resignation letter is provocative—but also passive aggressive. → Read More
What Does an Atomic Bomb Sound Like When It Explodes?
Popular imagery of the atom bomb is oddly sterile. For all we know of the horrors of nuclear weapons, the visual that’s most often evoked is ethereal, if ominous: a silent, billowing cloud, aloft in black and white. The reasons for this are understandable. Nuclear weapons have been tested far more often than they’ve been used against people. And the only two times they were used in warfare—in… → Read More
John Oliver Skewers Trump’s Plan for a Border Patrol Hiring Blitz
The president wants to hire and train 500 new agents in 2018. → Read More
John Oliver Skewers Trump’s Plan for a Border Patrol Hiring Blitz
The president wants to hire and train 500 new agents in 2018. → Read More
The Algorithm That Makes Preschoolers Obsessed With YouTube Kids
Surprise eggs and slime are at the center of an online realm that’s changing the way the experts think about human development. → Read More
Evaluating Trump's Psyche in Public
Inside the ongoing ethics debate over what professionals can say about the president's mental health → Read More