June 2023 Highlights

A collection of highlights from June's most popular articles from The Atlantic.

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What Phones Do to Kids in School

Social psychologist Jonathan Haidt details the various ways in which phones are impacting the mental health of students and their capacity to concentrate.

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A Juneteenth Poem

Listen to “Frederick Douglass,” a poem by Robert Hayden. Published in the February 1947 issue of The Atlantic. Read by Clark Burnett.

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What AI Mona Lisa Tells Us About AI

Caroline Mimbs Nyce writes about how the AI Mona Lisa exemplifies society’s anxious understanding of the current and future use of AI.

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The Lifeguard Shortage

“The United States, you may have heard, is in a lifeguard shortage.” Rachel Gutman-Wei explains why there are fewer and fewer lifeguards in America today.

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Why Is Everyone Watching TV with the Subtitles On?

Subtitles on, or off? Devin Gordon explores why more and more people are consuming content with subtitles.

Why Is Everyone Watching TV with the Subtitles On?

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