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This week, we bring you half a century of New Yorker Profiles, reporting, essays, fiction, and poetry about American dissent, from the #NewYorkerArchive. nyer.cm/mGMgNjk
In his introduction to this week’s issue, David Remnick reflects on the life and legacy of John Lewis, and the essential role dissent plays in America’s story and future. newyorker.com/magazine/2020/…
From 2002, @specterm profiles Larry Kramer, the activist who warned the U.S. about AIDS—and helped revolutionize American medicine. newyorker.com/magazine/2002/…
From 2003, Hilton Als profiles Toni Morrison, who, as an editor, author, and professor, fostered a generation of Black writers. newyorker.com/magazine/2003/…
From 2009, @ElizKolbert profiles James Hansen, known as the “father of global warming,” whose early climate models predicted most of what has happened to the climate since. newyorker.com/magazine/2009/…
From 2016, @jelani9 writes about the origins and future of the Black Lives Matter movement. newyorker.com/magazine/2016/…

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