Adrienne LaFrance

1 month ago | rsn.org | Adrienne LaFrance

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1 month ago | theatlantic.com | Adrienne LaFrance

Look around, take stock of where you are, and know this: Today, right now—and I mean right this second—you have the most power you’ll ever have in the current fight against authoritarianism in America. If this sounds dramatic to you, it should. Over the past five months, in many hours of many conversations with multiple people who have lived under dictators and autocrats, one message came through loud and clear: America, you are running out of time.

1 month ago | editorandpublisher.com | Adrienne LaFrance

Posted Tuesday, April 22, 2025 11:43 am Look around, take stock of where you are, and know this: Today, right now — and I mean right this second — you have the most power you’ll ever have in the current fight against authoritarianism in America.

2 months ago | afr.com | Adrienne LaFrance

Adrienne LaFranceMar 28, 2025 – 5.00am or Subscribe to save articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? In the ever-expanding universe of obsolete sounds, few can compare to the confident yawp of a dial-up modem. Back in the early days, the internet was slow, but we didn’t know it yet. Or at least we didn’t care. And why should we have?

Mar 6, 2025 | businessandamerica.com | Adrienne LaFrance

This article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter. Sign up for it here. In the ever-expanding universe of obsolete sounds, few can compare to the confident yawp of a dial-up modem. Back in the early days, the internet was slow, but we didn’t know it yet. Or at least we didn’t care. And why should we have? The stuff of the web was organic, something you had to plant and then harvest. It took time. Websites popped up like wildflowers.