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From David Wise’s cover story, The President and the Press in the April 1973 issue:
The First Amendment clearly protects the printed press. But the Founding Fathers, after all, did not foresee the advent of television, and the degree to which broadcasting is protected by the First Amendment has been subject to shifting interpretation. Technology has outpaced the Constitution, and the result is a major paradox: television news, which has the greatest impact on the public, is the most vulnerable and the least protected news medium.
WATCH: Chimamanda Adichie on what Americans get wrong about Africa.
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For a full recap, here’s our liveblog from the Oscars 2017.
And the Best Picture award goes to… ‘Moonlight.’ No, really. Read Megan Garber on the most exciting moment of the Oscars and the power of shock.
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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
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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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’
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
Read more from David Frum in the March 2017 issue.