'Between Freedom And Fear'

3 May 2023

'Between Freedom And Fear'

Bono illustrates the June cover of The Atlantic, sketching President Zelensky and including a quote from the Ukrainian president, "The choice is between freedom and fear."

Editor Jeffrey Goldberg, who coauthors the cover story with Anne Applebaum, writes that after learning Bono liked to sketch over Atlantic covers, he invited him to create an original, saying: "Zelensky, a man we both admire, was a natural subject for his first go. Like Anne, Bono is preoccupied with issues of freedom and dignity."

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