Author: Michelle Korhonen
Hi friends! Happy Friday! How are you? I hope you’ve had a wonderful week. It’s been a bit of a wild one over here. I had to get my first mammogram after a potentially concerning spot showed up on my last ultrasound – it was NOT a picnic, but I’m extremely thankful for good results. Aaaand Liv broke her finger! We’re headed to ortho today but I’m hoping she’ll just have to splint it for a little while. What do you have going on this weekend? We’re headed to a military event and are going to do a family hike…
“I am crying,” Adrienne LaFrance, The Atlantic’s executive editor, said when I connected with her via FaceTime on my Apple Vision Pro. “You look like a computer man.”What made her choke with laughter was my “persona,” the digital avatar that the device had generated when I had pointed its curved, glass front at my face during setup. I couldn’t see the me that Adrienne saw, but apparently it was uncanny. You look handsome and refined, she told me, but also fake.I’d picked up my new face computer hours earlier at the local mall, full of hope for what it would…
February 3, 2024, 12:35 PM ETEditor’s Note: Washington Week With The Atlantic is a partnership between NewsHour Productions, WETA, and The Atlantic airing every Friday on PBS stations nationwide. Check your local listings or watch full episodes here. Earlier this week, President Joe Biden told reporters that he had decided how the U.S. will respond to the Iran-backed militia drone attack that killed three American soldiers in Jordan on Sunday. The Biden administration has made it clear that the U.S. does not want war with Iran; any plans to retaliate could further escalate tensions in the Middle East.It’s unclear if the…
On December 11, India’s supreme court upheld ending the constitutional privileges of the Indian-controlled province of Kashmir, a disputed region claimed by both India and Pakistan. The decision was a sobering example of the Indian judiciary’s creeping servility in the era of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Just as India’s vibrant, secular democracy is transforming into an authoritarian, ethnonationalist state, the supreme court, once vaunted for its fierce independence, is failing to stand up for the rule of law.The Kashmir ruling is the resolution of a case that began in 2019. In a brazen and theatrical move that year, Modi’s government…
Reading about others’ experiences can help us navigate the complexities of love and care.David Gregg / GettyFebruary 3, 2024, 8 AM ETThis is an edition of The Wonder Reader, a newsletter in which our editors recommend a set of stories to spark your curiosity and fill you with delight. Sign up here to get it every Saturday morning.“The reason my marriage fell apart seems absurd when I describe it: My wife left me because sometimes I leave dishes by the sink,” Matthew Fray wrote in 2022. “It makes her seem ridiculous and makes me seem like a victim of unfair…
This article was originally published by High Country News.Every year, millions of migratory birds flock to Alaska. Hundreds of thousands of caribou use the tundra, rich in plant life, as their calving grounds. Alaska’s North Slope is also rich in other natural resources: oil, gas, minerals. But one important thing is lacking: rocks. “Yes, gravel is a precious commodity on the North Slope,” says Jeff Currey, an engineer with the state’s Department of Transportation and Public Facilities who works in the agency’s Northern Region Materials Section. For decades, Currey says, the state has been searching for gravel all over the…
A purple daikon radish grown at Ollin Farms in Longmont, Colo. and other vegetables are prepared to be served at a meeting to discuss support for small Colorado farmers in December. Rachel Woolf for NPR hide caption toggle caption Rachel Woolf for NPR A purple daikon radish grown at Ollin Farms in Longmont, Colo. and other vegetables are prepared to be served at a meeting to discuss support for small Colorado farmers in December. Rachel Woolf for NPR In a chilly storeroom piled high with fall produce, Jimena Cordero is chopping up vegetables and fanning them out onto trays. Cordero…
Navigating the Sundance Film Festival can be a tricky endeavor. The stacked screening schedule is practically made to send cinephiles into a tailspin: If the line for the new Steven Soderbergh movie starts forming at 9 p.m., but a nifty-sounding documentary is playing across town at six, can you make it to both? Is it better to go for the crowd-pleaser or for the polarizing experience? Which of the 91 films selected will become this year’s Past Lives?As always, Sundance’s slate of independent films from emerging artists and established auteurs alike made any stress worthwhile. The festival’s 2024 edition—its 40th—offered…
American business elites would prefer a strong economy without a resurgent labor movement, which is exactly what Trump is offering.Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: deberarr / Scott Olson / Ting Shen.February 2, 2024, 6:30 AM ETWall Street is making its peace with the idea of a second Trump administration. Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland in January, Jamie Dimon, the chair and CEO of JPMorgan Chase, spoke warmly of the former president who tried to overthrow American democracy after losing an election.“Take a step back, be honest. He was kind of right about NATO, kind of right on…
When Molly Crabapple touched down in Italy last year for the International Journalism Festival, she expected the usual. The annual conference bills itself as Europe’s largest media event, and Crabapple had planned to give a talk about her career as an artist and writer reporting from the front lines of conflict zones. But as she took in some of the panels, she felt herself growing uneasy.Sprinkled among the journalists discussing topics such as the war in Ukraine and the state of podcasting, some of the speakers were promoting the use of generative AI. She overheard someone say that journalists write…