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On the back of hopes it could save farmers hundreds of thousands of dollars, the Monarch tractor made Time magazine’s list of the year’s best inventions in 2023.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 15, 2026

FBI Director Kash Patel filed a $250 million defamation lawsuit against The Atlantic on Monday, claiming the magazine’s recent exposé on his time as agency director was a malicious “hit piece.”

From Salon • Apr. 20, 2026

Clarence Barron, this magazine’s founder, called investing “the application of money to practical ends,” as opposed to gambling, where “the gains of the successful merely offset the losses of the unsuccessful.”

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

The photoshoot, published on the fashion magazine's website, took place at a property on Lawrence Hill in Londonderry and showcased local creative talent.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

One issue, Life magazine’s “The Faces of the American Dead in Vietnam: One Week’s Toll,” with photographs of the 242 men killed the week of May 28 through June 3, 1969, deeply upset him.

From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge