The Masthead
Membership from The Atlantic
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The Masthead Conference Call with Derek Thompson
Here’s the transcript and audio recording of the call on Oct. 16, 2017.
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Thomas Peter/Reuters Experiments in Serendipity
A literary matchmaking service, driven by members—and a delightful pet project from Atlantic product manager Andrew McGill
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Eric Thayer/Reuters Speaking Up at Penn State
How Kordel Davis broke ranks with his fraternity after Tim Piazza’s death
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Are You Thinking What I’m Thinking?
No, but you should be. The Masthead investigates the art and science of persuasion.
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Tiksa Negeri/Reuters Lessons from Democracies
What sub-Saharan Africa has to teach us about democracy in the United States
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Denis Balibouse/Reuters “Joy Is No Less Important Than Despair”
Two Atlantic artists explain why they pause to focus on beauty and joy
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Tore Meek / AFP / Getty Landscapes of Norway
A collection of images from recent years, taken by photographers on the ground, out at sea, and in the air, showing some of Norway’s spectacular scenery.
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Andres Martinez Casares/Reuters To Fix Puerto Rico, Remember Haiti
Author Jonathan Katz reflects on what we can learn from the earthquake that struck Haiti in 2010
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Paul Marotta/Getty The Masthead, Oct 4, 2017: How Ta-Nehisi Coates Built a Community
Commenters from the Horde explain how Coates created a uniquely powerful blog
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Chris Wattie / Reuters The Masthead, Oct. 3, 2017: Las Vegas and the Language of Violence
How we talk about incidents of violence makes a difference.
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The Masthead Conference Call with David Frum
Here’s the transcript and audio recording of the call on Oct. 2, 2017.
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Mark Makes/Reuters The Masthead, Sept. 29, 2017: How to Brand Pizza
Michael Lastoria, founder of &pizza, explains the rapidly changing restaurant industry, and what influences our decisions about where to eat
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Kevin Lamarque/Reuters The Masthead, Sept. 28, 2017: How World Leaders Misread Each Other
How missteps in communication affected U.S.-Russia relations, and what it signals for North Korea.
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Win McNamee/Reuters The Masthead, Sept. 27, 2017: The Zombie Idea Behind the Health Care Debate
How the Clinton Administration shaped block grants and welfare reform
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Mike Blake/Reuters The Masthead, Sept. 26, 2017: The Dreamers of the Rio Grande Valley
A Masthead member asked us to investigate the unauthorized students who, before DACA, couldn’t leave the border region where they grew up.
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Courtesy of Julia Ioffe The Masthead Conference Call with Julia Ioffe
Here’s the transcript and audio recording of the call on Sept. 25, 2017
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Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters The Masthead, Sept. 21, 2017: What We’ve Heard From You This Week
Why Russia hasn’t (so far) influenced the German election, and a history of whimsy
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Korean Central News Agency/Reuters The Masthead, Sept. 20, 2017: Remembering the Forgotten Korean War
For North Korea, the war never ended.
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Jose Luis Gonzalez The Masthead, Sept. 19, 2016: An Immigrant Asks, “Should I Be Worried?”
A historian, a criminologist, and a pollster respond to a Masthead member’s questions and concerns.
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The Masthead Conference Call with Uri Friedman
Here’s the transcript and audio recording of the call on Sept. 18, 2017.
