Designer, Journalist etc. Creative Director @foreignaffairs. Art Director for The @Atavist Magazine. Views my own. I'm a person, just like you.
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Professional news: I just started as Art Director @ForeignAffairs. If you're an illustrator/photographer/designer interested in contributing, or just want to say hello: ejohnson (at) foreignaffairs (dot) com.
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Our November/December 2026 issue is now available online. Start reading here:
foreignaffairs.com/issues/20…
Hm. America.gov's main typeface is from a Swiss type foundry, drawn by a Czech designer. Really should have left the ffi ligature on.
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Our September/October 2026 issue is now available online. Start reading here: foreignaffairs.com/issues/20…
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Our July/August 2026 issue is now available online. Read it here:
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Worth reading this from @atavist, which just won the National Magazine Award for reporting.
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"He and other peace activists came to view the contents of draft boards’ filing cabinets as no different from bombs or bullets: They were just tools that helped the government kill."
Read an excerpt of the new @atavist story, by Stephen Wood: longreads.com/2026/04/02/cat…
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“Iran is in chaos, and reformist insiders have the experience needed to guide the government onto more stable ground,” writes @AOstovar. “They can capitalize on the fact that the hard-liners’ ranks have been decimated by U.S. and Israeli strikes to take the reins of power.” fam.ag/4v2q9AU
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Great piece. Few understand that the Boston tea party was a pro-tax protest.
“Democratic countries tend to be high-tax countries, because taxation and democracy reinforce each other,” writes Vanessa Williamson. Meanwhile, tyrants “avoid imposing taxes because they fear the obligations that come with any reliance on tax revenue.” fam.ag/4t76NsL
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Our March/April 2026 issue is now available online. Start reading here:
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Our January/February 2026 issue is now available online. Read it here:
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Our November/December 2025 issue is now available online. Read it here:
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The new decision not to charge people for violating D.C.'s ban on high-capacity magazines was made clear this week, when @USAttyPirro said she was moving to vacate a 2023 conviction for a D.C. man found with an illegal gun and magazine with 31 bullets in it.
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NEWS: For 17 years D.C. has outlawed any gun magazine that can hold more than 10 bullets in it. The reason? Officials say they make shootings more deadly. But now the Trump administration says it won't prosecute people caught with high-capacity magazines in D.C.
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Our September/October 2025 issue is now available online. Start reading here:
foreignaffairs.com/issues/20…
Would you feel safe if roving groups of unidentified masked men were in your town?
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NEW: Reservations at D.C. restaurants dropped 16% YoY the day Trump announced his police takeover. The next day, 27%. By Day 3 they were down 31% compared to 2024.
It couldn't come at a worse time. D.C. Summer Restaurant Week starts... tomorrow. wusa9.com/article/news/local…
20 officers to arrest a guy who was trying to turn himself in for throwing a sandwich. Seems like a very serious crime reduction strategy.
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The president wants to “take back” DC, but the federal government never really let it go.
It touches nearly every aspect of life in the city, making it harder for local officials to manage even the things Trump cares most about.
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