The Atlantic
How Cable News Fails Viewers
- Title
- How Cable News Fails Viewers
- Runtime
- 1:53
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- “Too much of our political coverage is meta-analysis... it's a look at how things are going to look,” argues Jon Lovett, former Obama speechwriter turned podcaster, at the 2017 Aspen Ideas Festival. In this short interview, Lovett says that when television pundits dissect the performance of politicians, the news becomes a kind of “theater criticism.” Lovett, who hosts a show called Pod Save America, says young audiences are reacting by searching elsewhere for intellectually honest reporting.
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- Adam Grant's Advice for Raising Resilient Kids
- Runtime
- 2:15
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- Wharton School professor and author Adam Grant argues that kids are too often sheltered from struggle. In this short interview at the 2017 Aspen Ideas Festival, Grant recommends that parents seek advice from their children so that they can practice responding to adversity.
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- Title
- W. Kamau Bell Doesn't Want to Fit In
- Runtime
- 2:47
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- Comedian W. Kamau Bell struggled with his identity growing up. As a self-described ‘nerd’, he favored martial arts over basketball and rock over hip-hop. This struggle carried over into adulthood and his early efforts at standup comedy. At one point, he even considered giving up comedy entirely. It was at this crossroads that Bell stumbled upon a Rolling Stone article, which became the catalyst for him finding his own voice. Since then, Bell has gone on to headline shows across the country, host a CNN series, and document it all in his new book The Awkward Thoughts of W. Kamau Bell.
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- Title
- The Cultural Factors Driving America's Departure From Reality
- Runtime
- 2:14
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- Kurt Andersen’s cover story “How America Lost Its Mind” argues that “being American means we can believe anything we want.” This is due to a combination of the new-age mentality born out of the 1960s that encouraged Americans to find their own truth and the internet age, which has allowed us to create communities that reinforce our beliefs. According to Andersen, the perfect manifestation of America’s journey away from reality is the election of Donald Trump.
Read more in The Atlantic’s September 2017 cover story: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/09/how-america-lost-its-mind/534231/
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- Title
- Trump's 'Adhocracy' Could Leave the World in Disarray
- Runtime
- 2:22
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- “This is going to be a much messier world that the next president is going to have to deal with,” says Council on Foreign Relations President, Richard Haass. President Trump has introduced a large degree of unpredictability in American foreign policy through an undisciplined decision-making process and little regard to international institutions. Interviewed at the 2017 Aspen Ideas Festival, Haass argues this level of uncertainty could result in a disruption of international order and growth in global challenges. For more, see Haass’s “Donald Trump and the Danger of ‘Adhocracy.’"
www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2017/07/donald-trump-adhocracy/533934/
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- Title
- What Does "Late Capitalism" Really Mean?
- Runtime
- 4:34
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- The cynical #latecapitalism meme going around social media calls out the inequities and absurdities of the modern economy. Google search interest in the phrase has more than doubled in the past year. In this episode of Unpresidented, Atlantic contributing editor Annie Lowrey explains where the phrase comes from, how it got so popular, and the deeper meaning of its current usage.
Follow Annie: @AnnieLowrey https://twitter.com/AnnieLowrey
Read her articles: https://www.theatlantic.com/author/annie-lowrey/
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- Title
- What Drives Sally Yates
- Runtime
- 3:51
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- Sally Yates knew she had found her calling during her first week of law school. She spent the next 27 years working at the Justice Department, rising from the U.S. Attorney’s office in Georgia to the number two position at the Department of Justice. Her career abruptly ended when President Trump fired Yates after she ordered the Department of Justice not to defend his travel ban. “I couldn't in good conscience send Department of Justice lawyers in to defend the Executive Order that I did not believe was grounded in truth,” Yates says in this interview filmed at the 2017 Aspen Ideas Festival. “I don't feel like I would have been doing my job to have done anything other than that.”
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- Title
- Should the U.S. Get Rid of Political Parties?
- Runtime
- 1:48
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- Mickey Edwards was a Republican congressman for 16 years, but now he argues for shaking up the system. "It's a dumb way to try and run a government," he says, reflecting on the current gridlock and polarization between Democrats and Republicans during this interview at the 2017 Aspen Ideas Festival. For more, see Edwards’s 2011 Atlantic story, “How to Turn Republicans and Democrats Into Americans.”
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2011/07/how-to-turn-republicans-and-democrats-into-americans/308521/
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- Title
- The City of the Future Is Already Here
- Runtime
- 5:53
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- In central Arizona there exists an experimental town called Arcosanti. It’s built on the principles of arcology, which combines architecture and ecology to envision a city that works in tandem with the Earth’s resources. In this short documentary, The Atlantic goes inside this distinctive urban space to understand how Arcosanti plans to reconstruct how humans envision cities.
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- Title
- Is Trumpism the New Conservatism?
- Runtime
- 4:22
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- In the first half of the 20th century, the GOP wasn’t considered “conservative.” It included liberal Republicans who supported social security, infrastructure spending, and civil rights. But in 1964, Arizona Senator Barry Goldwater became the Republican candidate running on an unabashedly conservative platform and shocking the establishment. Goldwater’s conservative movement ended up dominating Republican politics for 50 years. Trump’s takeover of the Republican party looks a lot like Goldwater’s, so could an ideological movement resembling Trumpism dominate the next 50 years?
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- Title
- Jon Batiste Reinterprets 'Battle Hymn of the Republic' for The Atlantic
- Runtime
- 3:38
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- Julia Ward Howe first published her iconic poem in The Atlantic in 1862. The song quickly became an anthem of the Civil War and a touchstone of the American Idea. In that spirit, The Atlantic asked renowned jazz musician Jon Batiste to create a new arrangement of the song for the magazine’s first podcast, Radio Atlantic.
Subscribe to the podcast here: https://www.theatlantic.com/radio/
Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/radio-atlantic/id1258635512
Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Itip7xrh3p7mmcpeohs2cckkqly
Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-atlantic-2/radio-atlantic
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- Title
- A Podcast 160 Years in the Making
- Runtime
- 0:30
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- Each week, The Atlantic's top editors—Jeffrey Goldberg, editor in chief; Matt Thompson, executive editor; and Alex Wagner, contributing editor and CBS anchor—sit down with leading voices to explore what's happening in the world, how things became the way they are, and where they're going next.
Subscribe to the podcast here: https://www.theatlantic.com/radio/
Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/radio-atlantic/id1258635512
Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Itip7xrh3p7mmcpeohs2cckkqly
Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-atlantic-2/radio-atlantic
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- Title
- The Health-Care Cost of Homelessness
- Runtime
- 11:56
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- In the past year, Los Angeles has dedicated billions of dollars towards housing the homeless. The effort is, in part, aimed at addressing the city’s exorbitant health-care spending on this population. Housing is now widely understood to be the best health intervention for the homeless population, who experience far more hospitalizations than those with homes. However, a critical step in this new effort is actually connecting the city’s homeless population, many of whom are very wary of services, to the these new resources. Anthony Ruffin, a Hollywood-based case worker, has identified the top 14 most vulnerable and service-resistant homeless individuals in the neighborhood and made it his personal mission to house each one of them.
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- Title
- Why Trump Wants to Make Banks Risky Again
- Runtime
- 4:00
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- Trump campaigned on deregulating Wall Street, saying that regulations are “killing our country and our jobs.” He wants to repeal Dodd-Frank, the 2010 law that tried to reign in the banks after the financial crisis. What exactly does Dodd-Frank do? And is the president right that it threatens the American economy?
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- Title
- Roxane Gay on Acceptance
- Runtime
- 1:54
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- In Roxane Gay’s new memoir Hunger, the writer details her relationship with her body over her life. In this short interview, Gay critiques socially constructed beauty norms and how weight has been left out of the new culture of acceptance.
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- Title
- Could Health-Care Cuts Cost Disabled Americans Their Freedom?
- Runtime
- 10:11
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- Recently, 43 disabled protesters were arrested outside of Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell's office, and the clips went viral on social media. Since then, activists have kept up the pressure on the Republican health bill with similar actions across the country. For this short documentary, The Atlantic traveled to the heart of the disability rights movement in the San Francisco Bay Area to learn why some disabled people fear the bill. Mary Lou Breslin of the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund says cuts to Medicaid could ultimately cost 3 million disabled people their freedom, and erode "40 years of hard won gains by the disability rights movement."
For more, read 'Why Americans With Disabilities Fear Medicaid Cuts' here: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/07/why-disabled-american-fear-medicaid-cuts/533085/
This documentary was produced as a project for the USC Center for Health Journalism’s California Fellowship.
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- Title
- How Bad Is the Senate Health Care Bill?
- Runtime
- 1:52
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- Many Republicans in the House were convinced to vote for the American Health Care Act on the premise that the Senate would "fix the bill.” But the Senate’s version “is not more compassionate.” Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel, a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress and architect of the Affordable Care Act, discusses the issues he sees with the proposed Better Care Reconciliation Act. “I actually don’t think this legislation corresponds to President Trump's guts,” he says in this short interview filmed at the 2017 Aspen Ideas Festival.
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- Title
- The Super Users of America's Health Care System
- Runtime
- 2:21
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- In a given year, just 5 percent of the U.S. population is responsible for 50 percent of the nation’s medical spending. So who are these “super users?” In this animation by Yukai Du we explore this incredibly diverse, constantly changing population and the efforts to address their enormous expenditures.
This video is part of The Atlantic’s project, “The Platinum Patients,” which is a collaboration with the Solutions Journalism Network, and is supported by a grant from the Commonwealth Fund.
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- Title
- Donald Trump Is Less Predictable Than Kim Jong Un
- Runtime
- 1:45
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- The relationship between the United States and North Korea has reached a boiling point. In this short video, Atlantic National Correspondent Mark Bowden argues that President Trump’s unpredictability is more concerning than Kim Jong Un’s cruelty. “Trump is by far more likely to do something dangerously unexpected,” says Bowden. “In a nuclear environment, surprise can be deadly.”
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- Title
- The Travel Ban Ruling Means My Kids Don't Belong
- Runtime
- 1:34
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- On June 26th, the Supreme Court allowed part of President Trump’s travel ban to take effect. Writer Wajahat Ali worries about telling his young kids. “I am now forced to tell my two, caramel-mocha skinned children with arabic, multi-syllablic names that their country might no longer want them,” he says. But, Ali argues that is also an opportunity for action and a chance to ensure that the American dream “remains an achievable reality for all citizens.”
Authors: Wajahat Ali and Daniel Lombroso
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- Title
- Is East Chicago the Next Flint?
- Runtime
- 7:32
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- Demetra Turner and her family moved into the West Calumet Public Housing Complex in East Chicago, Indiana in May 2016. A month later, she found out she would have to evacuate her new home due to extremely elevated levels of lead and arsenic in the soil and water. It turned out the public housing complex was sitting on top of a Superfund site, one of the most toxic in the country. East Chicago is one of many low-income, majority black communities that disproportionately suffer from environmental harm across the country. “We’re going through the same thing Flint went through – neglect,” says resident and activist Sherry Hunter. “And it all has to do with poor black people.”
For more, read the story: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/06/living-on-lead/531534/
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- Title
- Why Are Humans Awkward?
- Runtime
- 2:36
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- We've all experienced awkwardness, but some people are more prone to uncomfortable moments than others. This video looks at why certain humans avoid eye contact and have trouble picking up on social cues.
For further reading on the topic, check out Ty Tashiro’s book “Awkward":
http://tytashiro.com/awkwardaweasome/
Olga Khazan interview with Tashiro:
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2017/04/awkwardness-why/524385/
Follow Olga! @olgakhazan
Further Sources:
Scientific American -- Eye Contact: How Long is Too Long? https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/eye-contact-how-long-is-too-long/
Quartz -- A psychologist's surprisingly reassuring advice for socially awkward people
https://qz.com/972818/a-psychologists-surprisingly-reassuring-advice-for-socially-awkward-people/
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- Title
- How to Fight Superbugs
- Runtime
- 2:39
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- Drug-resistant bacteria is rapidly outpacing the development of new drugs. A 2016 report, The Review on Antimicrobial Resistance, estimates that globally 700,000 people die each year from drug-resistant bacterial infections. Part of the problem is that developing new drugs has become increasingly difficult. That’s why Andrew Roberts, a British bacterial scientist, is returning to a more primitive form of drug research— with a 21st century twist. Roberts started a crowdsourcing campaign to enlist people from all over the world to send him bacteria samples in the hopes of finding new antibiotics.
Authors: Maryn McKenna, Caitlin Cadieux, and Nicolas Pollock
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- Title
- How North Korea Became a Crisis
- Runtime
- 3:43
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- North Korea is an insulated rogue state that will do anything to survive. To understand how the standoff between Pyongyang and the world became so dire, it helps to go back to the founding of North Korea nearly 70 years ago, explains Mark Bowden in this short video.
Read more from Mark Bowden: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/07/the-worst-problem-on-earth/528717/
Authors: Mark Bowden and Daniel Lombroso
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- Title
- Which Animal Murders the Most?
- Runtime
- 4:01
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- Is violence a part of human nature? A new study attempts to answer the question by looking at the rates of lethal violence across a thousand species. Ed Yong breaks down the list of the most murdery mammals and he explains how humans stack up.
Read more from Ed Yong: https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/09/humans-are-unusually-violent-mammals-but-averagely-violent-primates/501935/
Authors: Ed Yong, Jeremy Raff
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- Title
- Trump’s Ignorance Won’t Save Him
- Runtime
- 1:27
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- The president’s defenders have a simple explanation for the conduct James Comey described to Congress: Trump didn’t know what he was doing. Washington Bureau Chief Yoni Appelbaum argues that the president’s ignorance is no excuse. Trump is the commander-in-chief and is responsible for his actions.
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- Title
- How the Internet Is Changing Friendship
- Runtime
- 3:24
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- No matter where in the world your friends are, they’re always a text, email, or Facebook message away from reconnecting. But does that mean that we’re keeping friendships alive past their natural expiration date, or are virtual connections actually making friendships stronger?
For more, read Julie Beck's articles, "How Friendships Change in Adulthood" and "Disposable Friendships in a Mobile World".
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2015/10/how-friendships-change-over-time-in-adulthood/411466/
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2016/02/disposable-friendships-in-a-mobile-world/470718/
Authors: Julie Beck, Nicolas Pollock, Jeremy Raff
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- Title
- Environmental Racism Is the New Jim Crow
- Runtime
- 1:28
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- Communities of color face disproportionate rates of natural disaster and environmental harm. Staff writer Vann R. Newkirk II argues that discrimination in public planning is to blame. “Pollution and the risk of disaster are assigned to black and brown communities through generations of discrimination and political neglect,” says Newkirk II. The environment is a system controlled and designed by people—and people can be racist.
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- Title
- Trump's Most Drastic Statement Yet
- Runtime
- 1:33
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- Climate change is the ultimate collective problem and the Paris Accord was the ultimate collective solution. Now the United States joins Syria and Nicaragua as the only nations who have refused to sign on to lower their emissions. Staff writer Uri Friedman argues Trump’s move pushes a dangerous, Darwinian world view that previously led to global war.
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- Title
- What Makes Things Cool?
- Runtime
- 4:07
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- Although trends might seem completely random, there are well-documented patterns to what becomes popular. A 20th century industrial designer, who created some of America’s most iconic looks, developed a theory of coolness that has been backed up by various scientific studies. Derek Thompson, senior editor at The Atlantic, explains the science behind why we like what we like.
Authors: Derek Thompson, Nic Pollock, Alice Roth
Read Derek's article here: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/01/what-makes-things-cool/508772/
And follow him on Twitter: @DKThomp
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- Title
- Bob Woodward Tells the Media to Calm Down
- Runtime
- 1:01
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- The media has often drawn parallels between the investigation of the Trump campaign’s alleged ties to Russia to the notorious Watergate scandal. But legendary investigative reporter Bob Woodward has cautionary advice for journalists covering the Trump era. “Be on the surface respectful,” Woodward says. “But never stop the inquiry.”
Author: Leah Varjacques
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- Title
- Why Do Americans Smile So Much?
- Runtime
- 3:16
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- Americans tend to smile more often than people in other countries. Olga Khazan digs into a couple scientific findings why — it turns out, American smiles signal excitement, confidence, and also have to do with a long history of immigration.
For more, read Olga's article, "Why Do Americans Smile So Much?"
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/05/why-americans-smile-so-much/524967/
Authors: Olga Khazan, Jeremy Raff, Alice Roth, Leah Varjacques
Additional Sources:
Invisibilia: Changing Social Norms Could Save Your Life
http://www.npr.org/2016/06/17/482339162/invisibilia-season-2-changing-social-norms-could-save-your-life
NYTimes: Wal-Mart Finds That Its Formula Doesn’t Fit Every Culture
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/02/business/worldbusiness/02walmart.html
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- Title
- Trump Scandals Are Good for Putin
- Runtime
- 2:05
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- Ever since last year’s presidential elections, people have been asking: What is it that Putin and the Russians want from Trump? Julia Ioffe argues that the events of the past two weeks help show the answer. Putin wants chaos in the White House. Where America see strength—checks and balances, rule of law, independent institutions—Putin sees weakness. And that’s what he wants to show us and his own people. You thought America was strong? Look at it now.
Authors: Julia Ioffe and Leah Varjacques
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- Title
- Rob Reiner on the Burden of His Name
- Runtime
- 2:07
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- Before Rob Reiner became an award-winning director, actor, and producer known for cult classics like Stand by Me, This is Spinal Tap, and When Harry met Sally, he lived in the shadow of his father — the legendary Carl Reiner, who dominated large and small screens since the 1950s as an actor, writer, and director. However, Rob never felt the pressure of his father’s success. He was inspired by it. In his words, “I wanted to be just like him.” As for his own children, Rob sees his success as something they can use or reject. He just wants them to be happy.
Authors: Caitlin Cadieux, Ashley Bloom Kenny, Nicolas Pollock
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- Title
- Church Militant: A Right-Wing Media Empire in the Making
- Runtime
- 10:17
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- Since being established nine years ago, ChurchMilitant.com (then St. Michaels Media) has grown from a tiny media outfit on the fringes of the Catholic world to a 35-person powerhouse reaching an estimated 1.5 million viewers a month. Michael Voris, the founder of Church Militant, is fighting what he sees as the “tyranny” of a liberal America. But, Voris—charismatic, pious, untiring—is grappling with his own complicated past.
Author: Daniel Lombroso
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- Title
- America Needs an Independent Investigation on Russia—Now
- Runtime
- 1:50
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- David Frum argues that Comey’s firing makes a probe more urgent than ever. Republicans in Congress have repeatedly shown that they will not hold President Trump accountable. And, the FBI is ill-equipped for a non-criminal investigation, with or without Comey as director. Only an independent investigation can pull together information from different agencies of government and transcend the partisan protection of the president.
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- Title
- The Border Patrol's Corruption Problem
- Runtime
- 14:44
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- When a headless body washed up in the calm waters of the Texas gulf coast, investigators began to unravel a crime that led first to a drug cartel assassin, then to a locked safe containing more than a kilo of cocaine, methamphetamine, a gold-plated pistol— and U.S. Border Patrol agent Joel Luna’s badge.
For more, read the story ‘Not One Bad Apple': https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/1857/11/not-one-bad-apple/525327/?preview=PFqcoBn17jCF5ENWZwx6TV6Pk4k
Author: Jeremy Raff
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- Title
- How the Obamacare Repeal Will Cost Republicans the House
- Runtime
- 1:29
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- The House’s passage of its new health-care bill is an immediate win for Trump. But he’s not thinking ahead, argues David Frum. According to a recent Pew survey, 60 percent of Americans believe it is the responsibility of the federal government to provide health care for all. The Obamacare repeal may cost the Republicans their majority in the 2018 midterms.
Authors: Daniel Lombroso & David Frum
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- Title
- Why Launching a War Against North Korea Would Be Immoral
- Runtime
- 1:57
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- Most American presidents of the 20th century understood that preventive war is immoral and dangerous. But, in the past two decades, striking first has become an accepted foreign policy strategy of both Democrats and Republicans. In this short video, Atlantic writer Peter Beinart argues that Americans need to relearn the wisdom of the past: that preventive war threatens world peace.
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- Title
- The Surge of Refugees Fleeing the U.S. for Canada Ignites Debate
- Runtime
- 9:58
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- Hundreds of asylum seekers are crossing from the U.S. into the small border town of Emerson, Manitoba. Most are of African origin, motivated by fear of deportation. Nearly 300 refugees have claimed asylum in the small town since the start of 2017. The situation has put a strain on emergency resources and brought the issue to global attention. In a recent poll, 41 percent of Canadians said they think their country is accepting too many refugees.
Beyond Diversity is a project of The Atlantic, supported by the Open Society Foundations.
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- Title
- Can the Left Rebuild in the Deep South?
- Runtime
- 9:38
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- Georgia’s sixth congressional district is a Republican stronghold—a Democrat hasn’t won in nearly 40 years. Jon Ossoff, a 30-year-old documentary filmmaker and former congressional aide, is trying to change that. Backed by anti-Trump forces across the country, Ossoff has raised a striking 8.3 million dollars and has a chance of winning Georgia’s special election on April 18, 2017. In this Atlantic documentary, we go inside Ossoff’s campaign. The left is the energized and working hard for an Ossoff victory, but so are those who see the candidate as inexperienced, overly groomed, and out of touch.
Author: Daniel Lombroso
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- Title
- Will the 'Trump Effect' Sweep Europe?
- Runtime
- 2:26
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- While Americans have been adjusting to the daily controversies of the Trump administration, Europe is dealing with the rise of far-right, populist candidates in key elections this year. Brexit and Donald Trump’s election emboldened controversial figures like Geert Wilders in the Netherlands, and Marine Le Pen in France– and Europe’s leaders fear the populist wave has only begun its course. Atlantic senior editor Krishnadev Calamur argues the hysteria might be overblown in this latest episode of “Unpresidented.” After all, far-right candidates that were spooking the establishment lost in both Austria and the Netherlands’ recent elections. All eyes are on France’s upcoming presidential election, where Le Pen is polling unprecedentedly high but is expected to lose in the runoff vote in May. There’s no evidence a “Trump effect” is sweeping the West, but as Trump’s election proved, nothing is impossible.
Follow Krishnadev @kcalamur
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- Title
- Americans See Discrimination in Radically Different Ways
- Runtime
- 2:58
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- When it comes to religion, Americans see discrimination very differently. About two-thirds of Americans say Muslims face a lot of discrimination, but white Evangelical Christians have a different opinion. They are much more likely to say that Christians face more discrimination. In this video, Atlantic staff writer Emma Green explores how Americans' perceptions of discrimination are changing after the 2016 election. This is the latest episode of “Unpresidented,” a weekly series from The Atlantic exploring the new era of American Politics.
Follow Emma Green @emmaogreen
Read more Emma Green: https://www.theatlantic.com/author/emma-green/
Let us know what you think in the comments!
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- Title
- Barack Obama Is Okay With the Criticism
- Runtime
- 2:48
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- While he was still president, Barack Obama sat down with Ta-Nehisi Coates and discussed what it’s like to be a symbol of power and the recipient of people’s anger and excitement. “When people criticize or respond negatively to me, usually they’re responding to this character that they’re seeing on TV called Barack Obama, or the office of the presidency, or the White House and what that represents,” he says in this animated interview. “So, you don’t take it personally. You understand that if people are angry that somehow the government is failing, than they are going to look to the guy who represents government.”
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- Title
- Can Trump Take Credit for the Stock Market?
- Runtime
- 2:20
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- The stock market boomed after Donald Trump’s election, and he was quick to say he was responsible. But what’s really behind the so-called “Trump Bump”, and how much can presidents affect what happens on Wall Street? Trump’s administration is packed with Wall Street elites, explains Atlantic editor Bourree Lam in this video. This could account for the market uptick. “[It] made investors optimistic and confident,” she says. “Before November, only 9 percent of investors were looking to buy more stocks. After the election, that number jumped to 42 percent.” Trump also has some policies that could spook investors, which remains to be seen. What does this early success mean for America’s long-term economic success under Trump?
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- Title
- How Would Immortality Change the Way We Live?
- Runtime
- 5:33
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- Terror management theory, as Atlantic writer Olga Khazan explains in this video, posits that whenever you remind someone of dying, they try to manage their fear by regaining a sense of control. What would the benefits be to living forever, and consequently, not fearing death? Would it make us happier, or more generous? In Silicon Valley, some of the country’s wealthiest and brightest minds are pooling their resources behind technologies that promise to extend life. “Our purpose now, in the 21st century, is to become god-like and overcome death,” says Zoltan Istvan, a transhumanist and former presidential candidate. This episode of “That Feeling When” explores the growing number of people who have already begun preparing for a life without death.
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- Title
- A Better Way to Argue About Politics
- Runtime
- 3:21
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- Liberals and conservatives have fundamentally different moral codes, which makes arguing about policy complicated. Many people have found themselves locked in debates surrounding the now-suspended travel ban, with little success in convincing the other. “One reason it’s so hard to reach across the ideological divide is that people tend to present their arguments in a way that appeals to the ethics of their own side, rather than that of their opponents,” says Atlantic writer Olga Khazan in this video. However, there’s a psychological trick that goes a long way to changing peoples minds. According to the Moral Foundations Theory, liberals are more likely than conservatives to endorse fairness-based arguments and are more concerned with principles like care and equality. So, when discussing a contentious topic, liberals should reframe their arguments to appeal the the moral values of conservatives, and vice versa. “At the very least, you can avoid making things worse,” says Kh...
- Title
- How 'The Apprentice' Manufactured Trump
- Runtime
- 3:54
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- The first season of The Apprentice re-introduced Donald Trump to the world as an incredibly successful and intelligent businessman—it was a hit show in 2004 and boosted the Trump brand. The show was a major opportunity for producers to create his persona and sell his image to America. How did they pull this off? And what does it mean for Donald Trump to be a reality TV president?
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- Title
- How Foreign Powers Could Try to Buy Trump
- Runtime
- 4:16
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- Donald Trump is an unprecedentedly wealthy president, who owns or licenses his name to buildings, casinos, and luxury hotels around the world. An ethics watchdog group has already brought a lawsuit against him for violating the Constitution’s “Emoluments Clause,” which prohibits government officials from receiving gifts from foreign states. Trump has taken few steps to distance himself from his organization, and foreign governments could use the President’s business interests as bargaining chips to influence his policymaking. Atlantic writer Jeremy Venook has been monitoring the President’s growing list of conflicts of interests since November 2016, and breaks down some of the most alarming ones in this video.
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- Title
- How Did Tech Become So Male-Dominated?
- Runtime
- 4:13
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- Since computing began in the 1940s, women have led major developments in programming and software development. In 1984, 37 percent of computer-science majors were women. What happened? The tech industry's image shifted rapidly in the 1980s and ’90s, and society began to associate programming with men. Today, only one in four computing jobs is held by a woman. This short, animated history of women in tech explains how women—not just men—developed computer science. Programming isn't a male or female job, and remembering that is necessary to fix the tech industry’s gender gap. Read more in The Atlantic’s April 2017 cover story, “Why Is Silicon Valley So Awful to Women?”
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