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46-838: Yoga Journal is a website and digital journal, formerly a print magazine, on yoga as exercise founded in California in 1975 with the goal of combining the essence of traditional yoga with scientific understanding. It has produced live events and materials such as DVDs on yoga and related subjects. The magazine grew from the California Yoga Teachers Association's newsletter, which was called The Word . Yoga Journal has repeatedly won Western Publications Association's Maggie Awards for "Best Health and Fitness Magazine". It has however been criticized for representing yoga as being intended for affluent white women ; in 2019 it attempted to remedy this by choosing

92-436: A digital subscription model, restricting unsubscribed readers' access to five free articles per month. In June 2020, The Atlantic released its first full-length documentary, White Noise , a film about three alt-right activists. By its third year, it was published by Boston publishing house Ticknor and Fields , which later became part of Houghton Mifflin , based in the city known for literary culture. The magazine

138-463: A dozen topics. In December 2011, a new Health Channel launched on TheAtlantic.com, incorporating coverage of food, as well as topics related to the mind, body, sex, family, and public health. Its launch was overseen by Nicholas Jackson, who had previously been overseeing the Life channel and initially joined the website to cover technology. TheAtlantic.com has also expanded to visual storytelling , with

184-512: A new editorial staff. In 2006, Bradley hired James Bennet , the Jerusalem bureau chief for The New York Times , as editor-in-chief. Bradley also hired Jeffrey Goldberg and Andrew Sullivan as writers for the magazine. In 2008, Jay Lauf joined the organization as publisher and vice-president; as of 2017, he was publisher and president of Quartz . In early 2014, Bennet and Bob Cohn became co-presidents of The Atlantic , and Cohn became

230-456: A news- and opinion-tracking site launched in 2009, and TheAtlanticCities.com, a stand-alone website started in 2011 that was devoted to global cities and trends. According to a Mashable profile in December 2011, "traffic to the three web properties recently surpassed 11 million uniques per month, up a staggering 2500% since The Atlantic brought down its paywall in early 2008." In 2009,

276-481: A separate website. Its co-founders included Richard Florida , urban theorist and professor. The stand-alone site has been described as exploring and explaining "the most innovative ideas and pressing issues facing today's global cities and neighborhoods." In 2014, it was rebranded as CityLab.com , and covers transportation, environment, equity, life, and design. Among its offerings are Navigator, "a guide to urban life"; and Solutions, which covers solutions to problems in

322-433: A strong response, leading the journal's brand director, Tasha Eichenseher, to respond with an apology that "we caused harm" to "communities that have been disproportionately excluded from yoga", and an explanation that she was "working to make Yoga Journal more representative—regarding age, race, ability, body type, yoga style, gender, and experience." Yoga as exercise Too Many Requests If you report this error to

368-473: A thin woman, nearly always white; the image of yoga that is conveyed is, she argues, that yoga is intended for affluent white women. Murphy notes that the apparent stereotype is grounded in reality: in a 2012 study by Yoga Journal itself, over 80% of American practitioners of yoga were white. The scholars Agi Wittich and Patrick McCartney wrote in 2020 that the image of contemporary yoga is the idealized, fit, young, slim, white, female yoga body, commercialized on

414-494: A wider variety of yoga models. The magazine was acquired by Outside in 2020. Yoga Journal was started in May 1975 by the California Yoga Teachers Association (CYTA), with Rama Jyoti Vernon as President, William Staniger as the founding editor, and Judith Lasater on the board and serving as copy editor. Their goal was to combine "the essence of classical yoga with the latest understandings of modern science." The journal grew from

460-492: Is accompanied by a program of live events, led by well-known yoga teachers and gurus such as Cyndi Lee , Judith Hanson Lasater, Kino MacGregor and Gurmukh Kaur Khalsa . The events have included an annual yoga conference, held in venues around the United States, which combined practical sessions and talks. The social historian Sarah Schrank records that co-founder Judith Lasater "made waves" with her public criticism of

506-462: The 2016 presidential campaign , the editorial board endorsed a candidate for the third time in the magazine's history, urging readers to support Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton in a rebuke of Republican Donald Trump 's candidacy. After Trump prevailed in the November 2016 election, the magazine became a strong critic of him. In March 2019, a cover article by editor Yoni Appelbaum called for

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552-425: The 2020 presidential election , and urged its readers to oppose Trump's re-election bid. In early 2024, The Atlantic published a special 24-article issue titled "If Trump Wins," warning about a potential second term for Trump being worse than his first. In October, the publication endorsed Democratic nominee Kamala Harris in her presidential bid against Trump in the 2024 election . In 2005, The Atlantic and

598-695: The Aspen Institute launched the Aspen Ideas Festival , a ten-day event in and around the city of Aspen, Colorado . The annual conference features 350 presenters, 200 sessions, and 3,000 attendees. The event has been called a "political who's who " as it often features policymakers, journalists, lobbyists, and think tank leaders. On January 22, 2008, TheAtlantic.com dropped its subscriber wall and allowed users to freely browse its site, including all past archives. By 2011 The Atlantic ' s web properties included TheAtlanticWire.com,

644-700: The Yoga Journal website "the Web's most expansive and impressive Yoga site." Yoga Journal runs features on the themes of yoga, food and nutrition, fitness, wellness, and fashion and beauty. Its website offers definitions and advice on yoga styles and equipment, with directions for how to practise over a hundred asanas or yoga poses. Readers can select asanas by their name , their type, such as forward bends or hip-opening poses; by anatomical area, such as knees or lower back; or by claimed benefit , such as for anxiety or digestion. The journalist Stefanie Syman calls

690-489: The impeachment of Donald Trump : "It's time for Congress to judge the president's fitness to serve." In September 2020, it published a story, citing several anonymous sources, reporting that Trump referred to dead American soldiers as "losers". Trump called it a "fake story", and suggested the magazine would soon be out of business. In 2020, The Atlantic endorsed the Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden in

736-739: The media diets of people from entertainment, journalism, and politics; and "Trimming the Times", the feature editor's summary of the best content in The New York Times . The Atlantic Wire rebranded itself as The Wire in November 2013, and was folded back into The Atlantic the following year. In August 2011, it created its video channel. Initially created as an aggregator, The Atlantic ' s video component, Atlantic Studios, has since evolved in an in-house production studio that creates custom video series and original documentaries. In September 2011, The Atlantic launched CityLab ,

782-607: The Atlantic, and is read beyond the limits of the English language. At that dinner he announced his idea for the magazine: Mr. Cabot is much wiser than I am. Dr. Holmes can write funnier verses than I can. Mr. Motley can write history better than I. Mr. Emerson is a philosopher and I am not. Mr. Lowell knows more of the old poets than I. But none of you knows the American people as well as I do. The Atlantic ' s first issue

828-540: The CYTA's newsletter, which had been called The Word . Initially, the journal was staffed by volunteers, and contributors were unpaid. The first issue's 300 copies were personally distributed by the founders. By the mid-1990s, as yoga's popularity in America grew, circulation for Yoga Journal reached 66,000. In 1998 the former banker John Abbott bought the magazine and hired Kathryn Arnold as editor-in-chief. The magazine

874-423: The English language edition of CityLab.com . The site has not been updated since 2018. In early December 2019, Atlantic Media sold CityLab to Bloomberg Media , which promptly laid off half the staff. The site was relaunched on June 18, 2020, with few major changes other than new branding and linking the site with other Bloomberg verticals and its data terminal. In September 2019, TheAtlantic.com introduced

920-570: The Wikimedia System Administrators, please include the details below. Request from 172.68.168.150 via cp1114 cp1114, Varnish XID 923604563 Upstream caches: cp1114 int Error: 429, Too Many Requests at Thu, 28 Nov 2024 07:51:53 GMT The Atlantic The Atlantic is an American magazine and multi-platform publisher based in Washington, D.C. It features articles on politics, foreign affairs, business and

966-511: The addition of the "In Focus" photo blog, curated by Alan Taylor. In 2015, TheAtlantic.com launched a dedicated Science section and in January 2016 it redesigned and expanded its politics section in conjunction with the 2016 U.S. presidential race. In 2015, CityLab and Univision launched CityLab Latino , which features original journalism in Spanish as well as translated reporting from

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1012-426: The autumn of 1857, Moses Dresser Phillips , a publisher from Boston , created The Atlantic Monthly . The plan for the magazine was launched at a dinner party, which was described in a letter by Phillips: I must tell you about a little dinner-party I gave about two weeks ago. It would be proper, perhaps, to state the origin of it was a desire to confer with my literary friends on a somewhat extensive literary project,

1058-537: The award for general excellence by the American Society of Magazine Editors. In 2024, it was reported that the magazine had crossed one million subscribers and become profitable, three years after losing $ 20 million in a single year and laying off 17% of its staff. As of 2024, the website's executive editor is Adrienne LaFrance , the editor-in-chief is Jeffrey Goldberg , and the CEO is Nicholas Thompson . In

1104-472: The covers of glossy magazines such as Yoga Journal , and that non-lineage yoga evolved in reaction against that image. In January 2019, Yoga Journal exceptionally published two covers for the magazine, one showing a slim white woman, the other showing a larger black woman, both accompanied by a headline "The Leadership Issue", intended to examine the evolution of yoga and the part played by " lineage , social media, and power dynamics." The pair of covers drew

1150-573: The economy, culture and the arts, technology, and science. It was founded in 1857 in Boston as The Atlantic Monthly , a literary and cultural magazine that published leading writers' commentary on education, the abolition of slavery , and other major political issues of that time. Its founders included Francis H. Underwood and prominent writers Ralph Waldo Emerson , Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. , Henry Wadsworth Longfellow , Harriet Beecher Stowe , and John Greenleaf Whittier . James Russell Lowell

1196-510: The headline "The Negro Is Your Brother". The magazine has published speculative articles that inspired the development of new technologies. The classic example is Vannevar Bush 's essay " As We May Think " (July 1945), which inspired Douglas Engelbart and later Ted Nelson to develop the modern workstation and hypertext technology. The Atlantic Monthly founded the Atlantic Monthly Press in 1917; for many years, it

1242-653: The journal's history, in 1976, it published the guru Ram Dass 's confession. Yoga Journal 's 2012 survey, Yoga in America found the yoga market to be worth more than $ 10 billion per year. The data, collected by the Harris Interactive Service Bureau (HISB) , showed that 20.4 million people practiced yoga in America at that time. There are 12 international editions, published in Australia, China, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Korea, Russia, Singapore, Spain, Thailand and Turkey. The magazine

1288-508: The longer title, and with Goldberg as moderator, was the one broadcast on August 11, 2023. In 1860, three years into publication, The Atlantic ' s then-editor James Russell Lowell endorsed Republican Abraham Lincoln for his first run for president and also endorsed the abolition of slavery . In 1964, Edward Weeks wrote on behalf of the editorial board in endorsing Democratic President Lyndon B. Johnson and rebuking Republican Barry Goldwater 's candidacy. In 2016, during

1334-596: The magazine in 2010; in Lasater's view, "photos of naked or half-naked women ... do not teach the viewer about yoga practice or themselves. They aren't even about the celebration of the beauty of the human body or the beauty of the poses [ asanas ], which I support. These ads are just about selling a product." The journalist Rosalie Murphy, writing in The Atlantic in 2014, stated that Yoga Journal and similar yoga magazines are illustrated in "nearly every spread" with

1380-446: The magazine launched The Atlantic Wire as a stand-alone news aggregator site. It was intended as a curated selection of news and opinions from online, print, radio, and television outlets. At its launch, it published op-eds from across the media spectrum and summarized significant positions in each debate. It later expanded to feature news and original reporting. Regular features in the magazine included "What I Read", describing

1426-614: The magazine won a National Magazine Award for fiction. Editors have recognized major cultural changes and movements. For example, of the emerging writers of the 1920s, Ernest Hemingway had his short story " Fifty Grand " published in the July 1927 edition. Harking back to its abolitionist roots, in its August 1963 edition, at the height of the civil rights movement , the magazine published Martin Luther King Jr. 's defense of civil disobedience , " Letter from Birmingham Jail ", under

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1472-572: The magazine would stay in Boston for the foreseeable future, as it did for the next five-and-a-half years. In April 2005, however, the publishers announced that the editorial offices would be moved from their longtime home at 77 North Washington Street in Boston to join the company's advertising and circulation divisions in Washington, D.C. Later in August, Bradley told The New York Observer that

1518-414: The magazine's language that "of science and physiology, of diet and blood pressure". In her view, the journal uses "highly clinical-sounding language" even when covering "more mystical topics"; it stresses the use of yoga as therapy . Syman notes that the journal's coverage was "eclectic", especially noticeable in its calendar and classified advertisements. The magazine covers topics beyond exercise; early in

1564-500: The move was not made to save money—near-term savings would be $ 200,000–$ 300,000, a relatively small amount that would be swallowed by severance-related spending—but instead would serve to create a hub in Washington, D.C., where the top minds from all of Bradley's publications could collaborate under the Atlantic Media Company umbrella. Few of the Boston staff agreed to move, and Bradley then commenced an open search for

1610-522: The particulars of which I shall reserve till you come. But to the Party: My invitations included only R. W. Emerson , H. W. Longfellow , J. R. Lowell , Mr. Motley (the 'Dutch Republic' man), O. W. Holmes , Mr. Cabot , and Mr. Underwood , our literary man. Imagine your uncle as the head of such a table, with such guests. The above named were the only ones invited, and they were all present. We sat down at three P.M., and rose at eight. The time occupied

1656-553: The publication's sole president in March 2016 when Bennet was tapped to lead The New York Times ' s editorial page. Jeffrey Goldberg was named editor-in-chief in October 2016. On July 28, 2017, The Atlantic announced that billionaire investor and philanthropist Laurene Powell Jobs (the widow of former Apple Inc. chairman and CEO Steve Jobs ) had acquired majority ownership through her Emerson Collective organization, with

1702-507: Was announced that Jeffrey Goldberg , who had served as editor-in-chief of The Atlantic since 2016, had been named as Washington Week 's tenth moderator, and that the politics and culture publication would also enter into an editorial partnership with the television program – which was retitled accordingly as Washington Week with The Atlantic – similar to the earlier collaboration with the National Journal . The first episode under

1748-445: Was its first editor. During the 19th and 20th centuries, the magazine also published the annual The Atlantic Monthly Almanac . The magazine was purchased in 1999 by businessman David G. Bradley , who fashioned it into a general editorial magazine primarily aimed at serious national readers and " thought leaders "; in 2017, he sold a majority interest in the publication to Laurene Powell Jobs 's Emerson Collective . The magazine

1794-427: Was longer by about four hours and thirty minutes than I am in the habit of consuming in that kind of occupation, but it was the richest time intellectually by all odds that I have ever had. Leaving myself and 'literary man' out of the group, I think you will agree with me that it would be difficult to duplicate that number of such conceded scholarship in the whole country besides... Each one is known alike on both sides of

1840-678: Was operated in partnership with Little, Brown and Company . Its published books included Drums Along the Mohawk (1936) and Blue Highways (1982). The press was sold in 1986; today it is an imprint of Grove Atlantic . In addition to publishing notable fiction and poetry, The Atlantic has emerged in the 21st century as an influential platform for longform storytelling and newsmaker interviews. Influential cover stories have included Anne Marie Slaughter 's "Why Women Still Can't Have It All" (2012) and Ta-Nehisi Coates 's "A Case for Reparations" (2014). In 2015, Jeffrey Goldberg 's "Obama Doctrine"

1886-806: Was published in November 1857, and quickly gained notability as one of the finest magazines in the English-speaking world. In 1878, the magazine absorbed The Galaxy , a competitor monthly magazine founded a dozen years previously by William Conant Church and his brother Francis P. Church ; it had published works by Mark Twain , Walt Whitman , Ion Hanford Perdicaris and Henry James . In 1879, The Atlantic had offices in Winthrop Square in Boston and at 21 Astor Place in New York City . A leading literary magazine, The Atlantic has published many significant works and authors. It

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1932-700: Was published monthly until 2001, when 11 issues were produced; since 2003, it has published 10 per year. It dropped "Monthly" from the cover with the January/February 2004 issue, and officially changed the name in 2007. In 2024, it announced that it will resume publishing monthly issues in 2025. In 2016, the periodical was named Magazine of the Year by the American Society of Magazine Editors . In 2022, its writers won Pulitzer Prizes for feature writing and, in 2022, 2023, and 2024 The Atlantic won

1978-527: Was purchased in 1908 by editor at the time, Ellery Sedgwick , and remained in Boston. In 1980, the magazine was acquired by Mortimer Zuckerman , property magnate and founder of Boston Properties , who became its chairman. On September 27, 1999, Zuckerman transferred ownership of the magazine to David G. Bradley , owner of the National Journal Group , which focused on Washington, D.C. and federal government news. Bradley had promised that

2024-451: Was relaunched with a new design in 2000. Since their arrival, the paid circulation grew from 90,000 to 350,000 by 2010; the readership reached over 1,300,000. Yoga Journal has won major media awards including eight Western Publications Association's Maggie Awards for "Best Health and Fitness Magazine," and the Award's top honor for "Best Overall Consumer Publication." Forbes has called

2070-758: Was the first to publish pieces by the abolitionists Julia Ward Howe (" Battle Hymn of the Republic " on February 1, 1862), and William Parker , whose slave narrative , "The Freedman's Story" was published in February and March 1866. It also published Charles W. Eliot 's "The New Education", a call for practical reform that led to his appointment to the presidency of Harvard University in 1869, works by Charles Chesnutt before he collected them in The Conjure Woman (1899), and poetry and short stories, and helped launch many national literary careers. In 2005,

2116-504: Was widely discussed by American media and prompted response by many world leaders. As of 2022, writers and frequent contributors to the print magazine included James Fallows , Jeffrey Goldberg, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Caitlin Flanagan , Jonathan Rauch , McKay Coppins , Gillian White, Adrienne LaFrance , Vann R. Newkirk II , Derek Thompson , David Frum , Jennifer Senior, George Packer , Ed Yong , and James Parker. On August 2, 2023, it

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