Journalism that unpacks the global authoritarian toolkit, such as the abuse of new technologies, the rise of oligarchy and the manipulation of scientific fact.

New York, USA
Joined December 2013
What's worth keeping a record of? We're asking writers, artists, and thinkers about the places, meals, and memories that shaped them. We asked Bao Nguyen, the award-winning Vietnamese-American filmmaker and director of "The Stringer". theatlasnewspaper.org
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1/ While international media attention is fixed on the upcoming U.S. midterm elections, three pivotal democracies — India, South Africa and Brazil — are quietly facing political crises of their own. See the full picture in this week's Coda Currents.
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Last year, Kimbal Musk (Elon's younger brother) flew 3,000 drones over the Vatican. Meanwhile, behind closed doors in Vatican City, Geoffrey Hinton, Stuart Russell and Yuval Noah Harari were among those debating how humans and AI might coexist. theatlasnewspaper.org
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The Atlas Editor-in-Chief @simonallison went all the way to Times Square to invite you to our launch... ...and on October 28th, he’ll be live on Zoom to lead an editorial meeting on the next, unpublished issue of The Atlas, and you're invited to join. atlaslaunch.eventbrite.com/?…
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1/ In Denmark, hackers accessed millions of citizens' civil registration numbers. The biggest cyberattack in the country's history is part of a larger pattern across Europe. Take a look at the pattern, flagged by Coda’s monitoring system, in this week's Coda Currents.
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From a "best dressed" contest in Johannesburg to blackouts in Havana: every issue of The Atlas features a photo series that captures life in one corner of the world. Atlas Launch event online, Oct 28, 10AM PT / 1PM ET / 5PM GMT / 6PM CET. atlaslaunch.eventbrite.com/?…
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The Atlas, Issue 5, Page 3. Editor's note: A newspaper called The Atlas needs a great map. Ours is also our contents page, showing where in the world we are reporting from each week. The map is designed according to the Equal Earth Projection, by illustrator Yemsrach Yetneberk.
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The Atlas, Issue 5, Page 2. Editor's note: Our ad for The Atlas launch event. Join us online on Wednesday, October 28 for an exclusive first look at the newest, unpublished issue of The Atlas. Free to attend, all readers welcome. Register to join, atlaslaunch.eventbrite.com/?…
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The Atlas, Issue 5, Page 1. The cover is the highest-stakes page of any newspaper. It's the first impression. Words, images and the cover story itself all have to come together. Get it right, and it's iconic. Get it wrong and no one reads all the great journalism inside.
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