Adrienne LaFrance

Adrienne LaFrance is the executive editor of The Atlantic. She was previously a senior editor and staff writer at The Atlantic, and the editor of TheAtlantic.com. Before joining The Atlantic in 2014, LaFrance was an investigative reporter for several local and national news organizations, covering politics, technology, and media.

She is a former reporter at WBUR, Hawaii Public Radio, Honolulu Weekly, Honolulu Civil Beat, and Nieman Journalism Lab. Her writing has also appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, and several other newspapers and magazines.

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  1. Decivilization May Already Be Under Way

    The brazen murder of a CEO in Midtown Manhattan—and the cheering reaction to his execution—amounts to a blinking-and-blaring warning signal for a society that has become already too inured to bloodshed.

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    Illustration by Paul Spella / The Atlantic. Source: Getty.
  2. American Fury

    For years, experts have warned of a wave of political violence in America. We should prepare for things to get worse before they get better.

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    Illustration by Paul Spella