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The Age of Female Dominance, Brought to You by Robots
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- The Age of Female Dominance, Brought to You by Robots
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- 7 years ago
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- There’s a lot of speculation on how robots taking over people’s jobs could impact the economy. After all, if nearly half of American jobs are automated in the next 20 years, what will people do? And while automation does include losses of jobs, it could also change what we value when it comes to skill sets. For example, care-related work, like nursing and education, will likely remain human. Jerry Kaplan, a futurist and professor at Stanford University, thinks that automation could place a premium on the type of work that women tend to be good at, like person-to-person interaction, reading human emotion, collaboration, and creativity. In this animation from The Atlantic, he and Saadia Zahidi of the World Economic Forum explore what the future could hold for the balance of power between genders and the distribution of labor at home.
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- Bill Nye on the Nature of Regret
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- 7 years ago
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- Bill Nye, of the popular former PBS show Bill Nye the Science Guy, had an untraditional path to stardom. He quit his engineering job in 1986 and started working for a television show. When a guest cancelled, Nye filled in doing “science stuff” under the moniker Bill Nye the Science Guy—which led to over five seasons of his own show. “In general, people regret what they don't do. They don't regret too much what they do do,” he says in this animated interview. “So I don't regret having quit my job, having taken these chances. I don't regret that for sure.”
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- O.J.: The Pioneer Before the Prisoner
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- 7 years ago
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- Before O.J. Simpson’s polarizing murder trial in 1994, he was America’s most beloved and famous collegiate athlete. With his Chevrolet commercials in 1969, he became the first black athlete corporate pitchman, paving the way for stars like Michael Jordan and Tiger Woods to represent brands on television. But when asked to join other black athletes in boycotting the 1968 Olympics, Simpson replied, “I’m not black, I’m O.J.” Ezra Edelman’s Oscar-nominated documentary, O.J.: Made in America, highlights the paradox between Simpson’s efforts to de-racialize himself and the African American icon he became. “If you're a kid like me, growing up watching TV in the late 70's and early 80's there aren't very many black people on TV. So [O.J.] is providing a very meaningful image for black kids in black America,” Edelman says in this short animation. “He deserves his due for the way that he influenced culture beyond being on trial for murder in 1994 and 1995.”
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- Is the Anti-Trump Resistance Another Tea Party?
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- 7 years ago
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- Since President Trump’s inauguration, protesters around the country have risen in defiance of his presidency. This isn’t the first time something like this has happened. After Obama’s inauguration in 2009, a protest movement formed to oppose him—which became known as the Tea Party. In this video, Atlantic writer Molly Ball explains how the Tea Party’s energy led Republicans to victory in the 2010 midterms, and what this tells us about the current resistance’s potential effects. “Today, it’s the Democratic Party that seems dead. They have lost the House and Senate. They control only 16 governorships and 13 state legislatures,” Ball explains. “But now they are hoping their own passionate movement can scramble the political map the way the tea party did.”
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- Chimamanda Adichie on What Americans Get Wrong About Africa
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- 7 years ago
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- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is the author of books like Americanah and Half of a Yellow Sun. In this animated interview, the Nigerian-born author describes coming to America for college and being floored by how little her classmates knew about Africa. Cautioning against a single story has become a tenet of her life’s work. “I don't think stereotypes are problematic because they're false. That's too simple,” she says. “Stereotypes are problematic because they're incomplete.”
Author: Jackie Lay, Daniel Lombroso
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- Ta-Nehisi Coates on Asking Questions That Have No Answers
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- 7 years ago
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- Atlantic writer Ta-Nehisi Coates has always been curious. “When I was a kid, I pretty much was interested in the same things I'm interested in now: Why does the world look like the world looks?” he explains in this short animation. Coates describes struggling in school and being terrified of journalism at the start of his career. Eventually, with the help of a few key mentors along the way, he learned to craft stories with vision and intention. “Journalism has taught me that I'm a lot tougher than I thought I was,” he admits. “Writing is hard but it is joyous.”
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- Have Conspiracy Theories Gone Mainstream?
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- 7 years ago
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- Conspiracy theorists are on the national stage like never before, says Atlantic writer Rosie Gray. Alex Jones of Infowars fame is at the forefront. He’s responsible for propagating the widespread conspiracy theories that 9/11 was an inside job and that the Sandy Hook massacre was a hoax, among others. Jones beliefs have moved from the fringes into the spotlight as his symbiotic relationship with Donald Trump has progressed. InfoWars isn’t the only media outlet that has Trump’s ear—former Breitbart News chairman Steve Bannon is the current White House chief strategist. “In the era of Trump, Breitbart has essentially become mainstream media.” Gray explains in this video.
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- The Crippling Fear of Everlasting Life
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- 7 years ago
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- While many dream of an afterlife, people with apeirophobia are terrified of eternal existence. Where does this fear come from? “I suspect that, in apeirophobia, one comes to the realization that after death you will live forever—if you believe in the afterlife—and in simulating that experience in your mind, one realizes that there is no way to project ahead to forever,” says Martin Wiener, a neuroscience professor at George Mason University. “That experience is, inherently, anxiety-provoking.” In this animation that explores apeirophobia, people who struggle to grasp infinity confess their uncertainty about what happens after death.
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- Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Perspective That Comes With Motherhood
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- 7 years ago
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- Ruth Bader Ginsburg spent a large portion of her legal career advocating for women’s rights and was appointed as the second female justice to the Supreme Court in 1993. In this animated interview, she describes attending law school with a 14-month-old baby at home. Ginsburg attributes some of her career successes to her husband’s flexibility and the experience of being a mother. “I think I had better balance, better sense of proportions of what matters,” she says. "I felt each part of my life gave me respite from the other.”
This interview was conducted by Ryan Park for his story "What Ruth Bader Ginsburg Taught Me About Being a Stay-at-Home Dad".
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- Is Trump a Populist Authoritarian?
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- 7 years ago
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- It’s a good time to be a populist authoritarian—in the Western world, politicians who pledge to govern this way are gaining strength, and Donald Trump is hardly an exception. So, what kinds of populist and authoritarian leanings does he have? Atlantic staff writer Uri Friedman goes through the checklist in this video. Claiming to exclusively embody the will of the people rather than the establishment? Trump does that. Favoring harsh measures to protect the homeland against external threats? He does that, too. However, the United States is one of the oldest democracies in the world. Will the nation’s checks on power be enough to reign in Trump’s tendencies?
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- What Will Happen to Undocumented Doctors?
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- 7 years ago
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- Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, is an Obama-era policy that granted a work permit and temporary protection from deportation to children that came to the U.S. with unregistered parents. Now, the fate of more than 750,000 people is unclear. Donald Trump said he would repeal the policy during his campaign. He later promised something “that’s going to make people happy and proud.” DACA recipients are now pursuing advanced degrees and full-fledged careers. Sixty-five are in medical school in the United States, and approximately half of them are enrolled in the Loyola-Stritch School of Medicine in Chicago. The Atlantic spoke with these medical students and residents about the anxiety surrounding the future. “I think about it for about five seconds, I find it a little unbearable to think about, and then I forget about it because it just doesn’t fit in my brain,” says Marina DiBartolo, a medical resident at the University of Pennsylvania. “Right now, there’s no...
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- Why Every Year Feels Shorter Than the Last
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- 7 years ago
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- Why does time seem to pass more quickly as we age? Is there a way to manipulate that experience? In this episode of If Our Bodies Could Talk, senior editor James Hamblin gets some answers from science writer and time enthusiast Alan Burdick, author of the book Why Time Flies.
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- Caitlyn Jenner on Looking in the Mirror and Not Recognizing Yourself
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- 7 years ago
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- Caitlyn Jenner was 65 when she transitioned from male to female. In this animation, she describes the duality of her former life, the overwhelming response to her Olympic victory, and what it was like to say goodbye to Bruce. “This is bigger than the games, it's bigger than anything else I've ever done,” she says. For Jenner, the transition was an issue of personal truth, and also connected her to a broader community: “Transpeople deserve your respect,” she says. “They've been through a lot.”
This is the first episode of “Bold Questions,” an animated series that explores the power of curiosity.
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- Public Indifference Is Trump's Asset on the Path to Autocracy
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- 7 years ago
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- This is a clear moment of crisis for Americans, says Atlantic senior editor David Frum. “We are living through the most dangerous challenge to the free government of the United States in decades,” he explains in this video. What can people do when Congress refuses to check the president, civil unrest fuels his agenda, and he uses Twitter to stifle dissent? Read more in The Atlantic’s March 2017 cover story, “How to Build an Autocracy.”
Author: Daniel Lombroso, David Frum
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- The No Man's Land Beneath the Border Wall
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- 7 years ago
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- There's a small stretch of soil north of the Rio Grande river that's still part of the United States, but exists below the Mexican border wall. The Atlantic went inside this no-man’s-land to uncover what life is like in a place that feels like not-quite America, but not-quite Mexico.
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- Why Don't Democrats Take Religion Seriously?
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- 7 years ago
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- Many religious voters feel alienated from the Democratic Party, says Atlantic staff writer Emma Green. Why haven’t liberals tried harder to reach the broad percentage of Americans who identify as religious? “Democrats in Washington often have trouble speaking in religious terms, and they reflect a broader liberal culture that doesn’t take religion seriously,” she explains. But this is an uncomfortable shift, one that has a political costs. Previous progressive figures have actively relied on religious rhetoric to move policies forward. Martin Luther King Jr. and Jimmy Carter, for example, framed their ideals in religious terms and audiences were receptive. Is it time for Democrats to incorporate religious identity back into their outreach and politics?
Welcome to Unpresidented, a new series from The Atlantic where writers explore different aspects of this new era in American politics. Comment with questions and suggestions for topics to cover.
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- A Reflection on Trump's Uncharted Presidency
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- 7 years ago
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- James Fallows has been a journalist with The Atlantic for 38 years, and has covered presidential administrations since Jimmy Carter. “The administration of Donald Trump is less charted, more unprecedented, more uncertain than any I’ve experienced before, as a citizen or as a writer,” he says in this short animation. “The United States has suffered far worse tragedies but in terms of a failure of the system, this is quite a serious one.” In the film, Fallows considers what’s in store for American citizens in this new era of politics. How will future Americans, and the world, look back on what happened in 2017?
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- How Pink 'Pussyhats' Took Over the Women's March
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- 7 years ago
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- Over 600 women's marches took place worldwide on January 21, 2017, and bright pink, cat-eared hats were the unofficial uniform. The Pussyhat Project was started by Krista Suh, a Los Angeles-based screenwriter, and a group of her friends—and the idea went viral. Suh posted the knitting pattern online, and soon thousands of women were signing up to make pussyhats. By the time the flagship D.C. march happened, the crowd was a sea of pink. "Femininity, whether it's in a man or a woman, is really disrespected in our society," Suh says in this film by The Atlantic. "What we're trying to do with this project is embrace pink, embrace the name 'pussyhat,' and not run away from that."
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- Ways to Avoid Staring at Your Phone Before Bed
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- 7 years ago
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- Staring into screens at night can disrupt our sleep-wake cycles. Many experts recommend avoiding smartphones in the hour before bed—but that can be easier said than done. In this episode of If Our Bodies Could Talk, James Hamblin proposes an approach that might soon be sweeping the nation, and maybe the world: The Amazing Hour.
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- Are Trump's Tweets Presidential?
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- 7 years ago
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- President Donald Trump uses Twitter as a direct line of communication with his supporters and the public at large. But all presidents have used the newest technology to connect to their constituency - FDR with his fireside chats and Obama with viral videos. How norm-breaking are Trump’s tweets? And is this accessibility dangerous? Andrew McGill, senior associate editor and Trump Tweet analyzer, digs into what makes Trump tweets different from other presidents.
Welcome to Unpresidented, a new series from The Atlantic where writers explore different aspects of this new era in American politics. Comment with questions and suggestions for topics to cover.
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Notably: What Trump Tweets While America Sleeps https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/10/what-trump-tweets-while-america-sleeps/503141/
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- How Do I Explain America to My Black Son?
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- 7 years ago
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- Atlantic writer Vann R. Newkirk is about to be a father, and he’s nervous. America’s history of racial violence is something that every citizen inherits, but the consequences for black Americans remain acute. “One day I’m gonna look that boy in the eye and have to explain the same thing my father did to me, and his grandfather to him: This is who we are,” he says in this film. “This is the same America that killed Emmett Till, and the same place that gave us Jim Crow.” Now, it’s the country that elected Donald Trump to the presidency. In this animation, Newkirk reflects on his own childhood in the South and the lesson’s he’ll try to impart to his son. This has been adapted from Newkirk’s Atlantic essay, “This Is Who We Are.”
Authors: Caitlin Cadieux, Daniel Lombroso, Vann R. Newkirk II
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- The Carrier Myth
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- 7 years ago
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- During the 2016 election, the Carrier factory’s decision to move jobs from Indiana to Mexico was a story that stuck. Donald Trump won a political victory when he convinced the CEO of Carrier’s parent company, United Technologies, to keep 800 jobs in Indiana. Trump's efforts run counter to a broader global trend, however. Most factory jobs haven’t been outsourced, they’ve just disappeared thanks to automation. In this documentary, The Atlantic travelled to Indiana to talk to Carrier employees and see how they're handling the shift.
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- The Chicago Chefs Making Elite Cuisine Approachable
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- 7 years ago
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- While New York might be the city most known for excellent cuisine, the food scene in Chicago is increasingly innovative and vibrant, especially on the weekends. At EL Ideas restaurant, people pay a fixed price for a unique and interactive experiences. For example, guests eat the first course of caviar by licking it off their plate, no silverware allowed. “Chicago is an exciting food town,” says Phillip Foss, the chef and owner of EL Ideas. “Chefs here in Chicago are actually pushing a little bit harder to explore the boundaries of what a restaurant can be.” This is the eighth and final episode in The Atlantic’s video series “Saturday Night in America,” which uncovers pockets of nightlife across the nation. It was directed by Ben Wu and David Usui of Lost & Found Films.
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- Break-Dancing to Tchaikovsky in the Hip Hop Nutcracker
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- 7 years ago
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- Pyotr Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker was first performed in 1892; since then, the show has become a holiday tradition. In The Hip Hop Nutcracker, Tchaikovsky’s soundtrack remains, but there’s no ballet. It’s a contemporary spin on a classic, and the show tours around the world. We attended a New York City performance to witness the international cast dance their own exciting version at the United Palace, a 4,000-seat theater. “To see this type of choreography done with this type of music, it tells me that dance is universal,” says Tracey Wooley, the production stage manager. “You can take something that's from the street and put it in a classical, upper-echelon setting and it still manages to create this beauty.” This is the seventh episode in The Atlantic’s video series “Saturday Night in America,” which uncovers pockets of nightlife across the nation.
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- Can a Museum Help America Heal?
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- 7 years ago
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- The Smithsonian National Museum of African American History has been in the making for over a decade—it was established back in 2003 and is the first national museum dedicated to black history in America. Lonnie Bunch is the museum’s founding director, and the process of curating 400 years of black history has been deeply personal. “I want people who come through the museum to be changed, to realize that the African American experience is the quintessential American experience,” he says in this documentary by The Atlantic. “When you want to understand core American values of resiliency, optimism, spirituality, where better to look than within the African American community?”
Author: Daniel Lombroso
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- The Fading Glory of Bowling
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- 7 years ago
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- On a Saturday night in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, it’s the bowling alleys that get the most traction. "Every city has its own signature—for Milwaukee, it's beer and cheese and bowling," says Doug Schmidt, author of They Came to Bowl. In this film, Wisconsin’s fervent bowlers want you to know that Milwaukee is fun and that bowling is seriously underrated. "The problem with bowling is the stigma it has across the country,” says Gus Yannaras, a Milwaukee resident and competitive bowler. “We get no respect at all, and it bothers me because we're actually the number-one participant sport in the nation.” This is the sixth episode in The Atlantic’s video series “Saturday Night in America,” which uncovers pockets of nightlife across the nation. It was directed by Katherine Wells and Flora Lichtman.
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- Rebranding White Nationalism: Inside Richard Spencer's Alt-Right
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- 7 years ago
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- Richard B. Spencer greeted an audience of more than 200 at an alt-right conference in Washington D.C. last month with the cry, “Hail Trump, hail our people, hail victory!” He was met with enthusiastic cheers and Nazi salutes, and The Atlantic’s clip made headlines. In this documentary, we go further inside Spencer’s ethnocentric worldview to understand what his plans are for the so-called alt-right—namely, to bring white nationalism out of the shadows. "I don't see myself as a marginal figure who's going to be hated by society. I see myself as a mainstream figure,” he said. Spencer and other alt-right leaders see Donald Trump’s rise as the first step towards a whites-only state. "Our lived experience is being a young, white person in 21st century America, [and] seeing your identity be demeaned,” Spencer said. “I’ve lived in this multicultural mess for years and I’m trying to get out of it."
Author: Daniel Lombroso
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- The Making of a Black President
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
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- In his January/Febrary 2017 cover story, Ta-Nehisi Coates explores President Barack Obama’s journey to the White House. This short animation uses recordings from Coates’s conversations with Obama to illustrate the young president’s doubts and convictions along the way. "I think our basic assessment was maybe we had a 20-25 percent chance of winning,” Obama says of his run for president. “But what I never doubted was my ability to get white support.”
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- Facebook Targets Its Next Billion Users
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- 7 years ago
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- There are over 1.79 billion monthly active Facebook users worldwide, and counting. As the next billion internet users get online, Facebook is developing products and programs for a new audience that might only have access to lower-tech hardware and slow networks. In an interview filmed at the 2016 Aspen Ideas Festival, the company’s chief product officer Chris Cox explains how different populations use the social network and how that informs the company’s roadmap. “The longest time frame is projects that help deliver free internet using planes that fly overhead and are solar powered and beam the internet down with lasers,” he says. “It’s super exciting if you believe that the internet is an important piece in giving everybody the tools that they need to live their lives.”
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- What Happens at an MIT Hackathon
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- 7 years ago
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- On a Saturday night in Cambridge, students can choose from any number of activities. At MIT, Hacking Arts—whose mission is to “ignite entrepreneurship and innovation within the creative arts”—is one of them. In this short film, The Atlantic followed students at the all-nighter as they tried to improve the arts through technology. Notably, the hackathon participant pool came from a variety of backgrounds: 60 percent were women and 15 percent were people of color. This is the fifth episode in The Atlantic’s video series “Saturday Night in America,” which uncovers pockets of nightlife across the nation.
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- The Kombucha Freedom Warrior
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- 7 years ago
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- As fermented products become more common as health fads, questions about regulation are being raised. For one, kombucha is the product of fermenting tea with a culture of live yeast and bacteria. As a result, the beverage has a variable alcohol content—and some of its producers are being targeted by the federal regulators. In this episode of If Our Bodies Could Talk, senior editor James Hamblin meets with U.S. Representative Jared Polis to consider the role of government in the era of living cultures and fermented foods.
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- The Truth About American Towns That Welcome Refugees
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- 7 years ago
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- Immigration has proven to be one of the most divisive issues in the 2016 presidential race. Both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump have expressed that the system is broken, but a consensus on any solution seems untenable. In this video, Atlantic national correspondent James Fallows and contributing writer Deborah Fallows ventured across the country to bridge the disconnect between national political rhetoric on immigration and the realities in migrant communities. They travelled to three American states—Pennsylvania, California, and Kansas—to understand the economic benefits that immigrants bring to the small towns they most often reside in.
This documentary was produced for American Futures, an ongoing reporting project from James and Deborah Fallows. The couple has spent three years exploring small town America by air, “taking seriously places that don’t usually get registered seriously.”
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- The Art of Interviewing Henry Kissinger
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- 7 years ago
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- In the December 2016 issue of The Atlantic, Jeffrey Goldberg has a reported piece based on months of interviews with the now 93-year-old American controversial statesman, Henry Kissinger. In this video, Goldberg explains to Atlantic national correspondent James Fallows what it was like to speak to Kissinger on Obama’s foreign policy, China, and American intervention. Read more in “The Lessons of Henry Kissinger.”
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- What Does a Changing China Mean for the U.S.?
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- 7 years ago
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- James Fallows has written about China’s growing repression and its darkening political climate for the December 2016 issue of The Atlantic. In this video, Fallows speaks to Atlantic editor in chief Jeffrey Goldberg on the rising power’s troubling turn. Read more in “China’s Great Leap Backward.”
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- A Renewable Energy Revolution in Small-Town America
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- 7 years ago
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- A move towards sustainable energy is often talked about as an issue for big government, especially during the 2016 election. However, across the United States, progress is being made in biofuel, wind, and solar power at the grassroots. Atlantic national correspondent James Fallows and contributing writer Deborah Fallows travelled to Pennsylvania, California, and Kansas to see how these ventures are moving the nation away from fossil fuels from the bottom-up. In Spearville, Kansas, for example, wind turbines are driving the economy. “Out here, anything under 20 miles per hour is a breeze,” says Kevin Heeke, the town’s mayor. “The wind turbines generate electricity and ship all of it back east.”
This documentary was produced for American Futures, an ongoing reporting project from James and Deborah Fallows. The couple has spent three years exploring small town America by air, “taking seriously places that don’t usually get registered seriously.”
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- The Alabama Town Where Demolition Derby Is Life
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- 7 years ago
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- In Dothan, Alabama, people from across the South flock to Stoney Roberts Demolition to seek out a very specific adrenaline rush—the kind that comes from watching cars smash each other to smithereens. “If you've ever been in a red light and somebody’s cut you off, and you've thought in your mind, ‘Boy for five dollars I'd run right over that son of a gun’...that's what people are here for,” says the owner of the demolition derby, Frank Roberts. It’s addictive, he says, and on a Saturday night it’s what people do. “You get to take your frustrations out, on everything,” adds Eric Beard, a driver. We traveled to Dothan to get a glimpse of the demolition derby lifestyle, and capture exactly what’s so cathartic about this all-American tradition. This is the third episode in The Atlantic’s video series “Saturday Night in America,” which uncovers pockets of nightlife across the nation.
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- The Search for a Second Earth
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- 7 years ago
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- Astronomers have already found thousands of planets that orbit their own stars. Some are at a distance where it’s neither too hot nor too cold for life to exist. With new, bigger telescopes being built, astronomers will be able to analyze the chemical composition of these planets’ atmospheres to determine whether Earth is the only planet of its kind in the universe. In this interview filmed at the Aspen Ideas Festival, Carl Sagan Institute director and astronomer Lisa Kaltenegger explains this impending scientific breakthrough. “It’s going to change our worldview to know that we are not alone,” she says.
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- How Augmented Reality Will Change Tech Experiences
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- 7 years ago
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- According to John Hanke, the CEO of Niantic, augmented reality consists of laying information on to the real world, in a way that’s not obtrusive. His company developed Pokémon Go, which was played by millions. “It’s really the perfect game to transform into an augmented reality game,” he says in this animated interview. “[Augmented reality] is the spiritual successor to the smartphone that we know and love today...in the end, I think that it’ll make our lives better.”
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- 'Hail Trump!': Richard Spencer Speech Excerpts
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- 7 years ago
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- Video of an alt-right conference in Washington, D.C., where Trump’s victory was met with cheers and Nazi salutes.
Read the full article: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/11/richard-spencer-speech-npi/508379/
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- How Sexist Speech Impacts Stress and Self-Esteem
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- 7 years ago
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- When Donald Trump bragged about being able to do whatever he wants to women, he responded to the backlash by saying that those were “just words.” As Atlantic writer Olga Khazan explains in this video, there are many ways that these kinds of words have a psychological impact on women. Discriminatory speech can have a range of negative effects, like stress and an increased risk of mental health issues. So, no, they’re not “just words.”
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- New Orleans Nightlife Runs on Daiquiris
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- 7 years ago
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- The drinking culture in New Orleans is legendary, and the city’s rich nightlife is buoyed by daiquiris. They are NOLA’s unofficial official cocktail. “Just being here in the city in the nighttime is hypnotic, but having a daiquiri can make it more interesting, more adventurous, more enjoyable,” says Aaron, who works at a spot called Gene’s Curbside Daiquiris, where the demand for the popular drink is overwhelming on a Saturday night. This is the second episode in The Atlantic’s video series “Saturday Night in America,” which uncovers pockets of nightlife across the nation. It was directed by Rosie Haber.
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- How Mirages Can Inspire Art
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- A fata morgana is a massive mirage that forms above the horizon, reflecting the landscape beneath it. The artist Teresita Fernández recently explored this phenomenon through a public art piece in Madison Square Park in New York City. She set up a 500-feet-long mirror above the crowded park where over 50,000 visitors a day could find themselves in the reflection. In this interview filmed at the 2016 Aspen Ideas Festival, Fernández reflects on the significance of her piece and the importance of drawing inspiration for what already exists in the natural world.
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- 360 Video | Saturday Night In America: Oakland
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Naming Gallery in Oakland, California, is a multi-purpose arts space where people congregate on Saturday nights. This virtual reality documentary explores the how the arts center has become a staple for young artists to congregate, despite the fact that it exists in a historically beleaguered neighborhood. In August 2016, a fatal shooting occurred outside the gallery where hundreds of people were celebrating. “If we let this destroy us as people, we won’t be able to gather, we won’t be able to share art with each other,” says Imari, a musician who is part of the Naming Gallery community. “To stay open is the only thing I can do right now.”
This is the third episode in The Atlantic’s video series “Saturday Night in America,” which uncovers pockets of nightlife across the nation. It was directed by the Oakland-based Variable Labs.
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- Hillary, Donald, and Womanhood
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Conversation around gender has been at the forefront of the 2016 election. In the midst of the sometimes hostile dialogue, two separate views of a woman’s role in society have emerged. The Atlantic traveled to women’s rallies for both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton to poll supporters about their views on feminism and womanhood, in their own words.
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- Samantha Power on Diplomacy, Motherhood, and the 24-7 Job 'of a Lifetime'
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- At 42, Samantha Power became the youngest person to be appointed U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations. Now, she is a powerful force in steering America’s foreign policy and dictating intervention abroad. “My style in diplomacy is my style as a human being—I’m very direct and very honest,” she says in this video. Despite being surrounded by men on the security council, she admits that she carries a lot of clout as an American. “We’re the largest donor, we’re the host country, we’re the superpower—so people’s ability to be dismissive or patronizing with me are limited.” Power is also a mother of two young children. Balancing motherhood with a job that bends to global events is difficult, but Power says it informs her work in meaningful ways. “It’s not ideal to always be one eye on the blackberry, and two arms around my children,” she explains. “For the sake of mothers out there who don’t have the blackberry but do have the children and are hoping someon...
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- How to Make a Feminist Dating App
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- When Whitney Wolfe, the founder of the dating app Bumble, was in college, she was always comfortable making the first move. Today, she’s at the helm of a successful app that puts women in control of initiating conversations and connections. “Generally speaking, women my age have been raised with the notion that they are meant to sit put and not make the first move in a relationship,” she says in this film. Wolfe acknowledges that despite her feminist app, there’s a gender problem in the tech industry. “You can't necessarily blame tech,” she says. “We need to look at the root of the problem, and the root of the problem is the education system.”
This is the fourth episode of The Atlantic’s video series “Women and Leadership,” which explores insights and advice from five women in politics, entertainment, and tech. It was directed by Lucy Wells.
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- The Challenges of Being a Female Hollywood Producer
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Wendy Finerman is a movie producer with films like Forrest Gump and The Devil Wears Prada to her name. But pursuing her career has often meant being the only woman in a crew of men. In recent years, Finerman has prioritized movies that are directed by women and have prominent female characters. In this short film, she discusses the lessons she’s learned in Hollywood and how she balances the many aspects of her life. “Just at the moment where I'm coasting and I have to go on location or I have to go meet with an important person, that's always the moment when your kid gets sent home sick,” she says. “I don't think you can have it all.”
This is the third episode of The Atlantic’s video series “Women and Leadership,” which explores insights and advice from five women in politics, entertainment, and tech. It was directed by Kristina Sorge.
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- Title
- Can Female Leadership Change Compton?
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- In 2013, 31-year-old Aja Brown made history as Compton’s youngest mayor. It was the culmination of a long journey for Brown—her grandmother had been murdered in the California city, and her family moved to another town after the tragedy. She is Compton’s first female mayor in 40 years. “What shocked me the most was everyone else’s reaction,” she says in this short film. “The first thing off the top of their minds was ‘Are you old enough, are you tough enough?’ They were just surprised that I would have the audacity to run for mayor.” Brown has now spent three years as mayor, and she is resolute in her leadership style and her plans to grow the city’s programs.
This is the second episode of The Atlantic’s video series “Women and Leadership,” which explores insights and advice from five women in politics, entertainment, and tech. It was directed by Lucy Wells.
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- Title
- To Be a Woman in the Senate
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- The Atlantic’s video series “Women and Leadership” explores insights and advice from five women in politics, entertainment, and tech. In the history of the United States, there have been 1,917 male senators and only 46 female senators. This episode profiles Amy Klobuchar, the Democratic senator from Minnesota. For Klobuchar, who grew up middle class with no familial ties to politics, being one of 20 female senators is an opportunity to bring a necessary perspective. “Having women at the table is incredibly important...they're able to get things done in a unique way,” she says in this interview. “Based on your experiences, you can relate more and immediately see the unfairness of a problem that others are experiencing.” The film was directed by Lucy Wells.
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- Title
- How Tech Education Can Change an Inmate's Life
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- The landscape of technology changes rapidly, which creates a major opportunity gap for inmates as they re-enter society. “Imagine being locked up ten years ago,” says the CEO and Founder of Flikshop, Marcus Bullock. “You wouldn’t even be able to learn how to send an email using your phone.” Vocational courses, particularly focusing on technology, can change prisoners’ lives for the better—but few institutions offer these opportunities. In this interview filmed at the 2016 Aspen Ideas Festival, Bullock discusses his experience in prison and how a technology course changed his life.
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