Listen to the audio version of Frum’s cover story here: https://soundcloud.com/user-154380542/how-to-build-an-autocracy-david-frum-the-atlantic-march-2017
February 24, 2017
February 23, 2017
Rituals and Potions is an Atlantic series of personal essays that deal with beauty routines, and when they fail. Conceived by health and science writers, Julie Beck and Olga Khazan, this collection of stories peels back the cosmetic layer of vanity products to reveal deeper truths about insecurity, impossible beauty standards, and biology. Read the entire series here.
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February 22, 2017
Read Alana Semuel’s fascinating look at the much looked-over period during the late 19th century when blacks and whites in the U.S. South lived near each other. Read ‘Segregation Had to Be Invented’
February 21, 2017
Ta-Nehisi Coates discusses dropping out of college to become a journalist and getting over his fear of writing. Watch the animation: https://youtu.be/JIgpNuCy-eA
February 21, 2017
Read more from David Frum in the March 2017 issue.
February 15, 2017
Read more from David Frum in the March 2017 cover story, “How to Build an Autocracy”
February 14, 2017
Like the Obamas, many of Trump’s critics have become rather skilled at speaking about him without ever saying his name. Read Elizabeth Limback on not saying his name.
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February 14, 2017
Photographer Ann Sophie Lindström spent several months documenting a group of horsemen in North Philadelphia who have been countering crime through their love for horses. For more riveting photos of the equestrians of North Philly, here’s this week’s Spotlight essay from Emily Anne Epstein.
A stallion named Dusty rears up as Jamil Prattis, 25, leads him to the lot across from the Fletcher Street Stables, October 19, 2013. Jamil became involved with the horses when he was 12 years old, after he saw a group of urban cowboys riding through the streets of North Philadelphia. (Ann Sophie Lindström)
Jamil Prattis sits in front of his house on French Street, May 23, 2014. (Ann Sophie Lindström)
Stephfon Darnell Tolbert, 31, teases a pony named Harlem, making him rear up, October 2, 2013. Harlem is known for being aggressive when someone gets too close. (Ann Sophie Lindström)
A horse is tied up in front of a vacant lot on Fletcher Street while horsemen clean the stalls, October 6, 2016. (Ann Sophie Lindström)
Stable manager Edward E. Ward cuddles a horse named Maverick, September 29, 2013. (Ann Sophie Lindström)
Tymeir Sanders, 17, stops by a friend’s house on West Harold Street while out on a ride with Rosie, June 1, 2014. (Ann Sophie Lindström)
Stephfon Darnell Tolbert, 24, prepares feed for the horses, October 16, 2016. The horsemen have tack rooms where they keep supplies, feed, and hay. (Ann Sophie Lindström)
Donnell Glenn takes Cash out for an evening walk, October 9, 2013. (Ann Sophie Lindström)
Stevie Spann, 50, checks on the horses before closing the stable for the evening, August 22, 2014. (Ann Sophie Lindström)
Jamil Prattis, Stevie Spann, and Nate Benson sit inside a horse trailer to escape the sun and smoke, May 25, 2014. (Ann Sophie Lindström)
There is no indoor arena at the Fletcher Stable, so the horsemen like use the vacant lot across the street to train their animals, October 6, 2013. (Ann Sophie Lindström)
Romere Burch,13, rides bareback on a stallion named Ace N da Whole on Glennwood Avenue, October 3, 2013. (Ann Sophie Lindström)
February 9, 2017
Jonathan Merritt poses a fascinating question: Is AI a threat to Christianity? Read more on the answer (if there is one) here.
February 8, 2017
Exchange-traded funds are challenging the status quo in investment management when it comes to diversity—including who’s in charge. Read Bethany Mclean’s piece, “Wall Street Diversifies Itself,” from the March 2017 issue.
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