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January 26, 2015

The New Yorker cover for January 26, 2015: "The Dream of Reconciliation,” by Barry Blitt.

"The Dream of Reconciliation,” by Barry Blitt.

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The Cobweb

Jill Lepore

The Web wasn’t built to preserve its past; the Wayback Machine aims to remedy that. Jill Lepore on the ethereal nature of the Web.