Zoomy Anchor Thing

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<a href="#" class="article-link">
	<img src="/images/banners/lets-look-back_mobile.png" alt="A photograph of a line hiker on a path in the forest with steep cliffs reaching upwards on either side">
	<span class="article-title">Let’s Look Back</span>
	<time datetime="2014-02-09T02:19:00+00:00" class="article-date">Feb 09, 2014</time>
</a>

html,
body {
	height: 100%;
	position: relative;
}
.article-link {
	color: white;
	width: 425px;
	height: 255px;
	position: absolute;
	top: 50%;
	left: 50%;
	overflow: hidden;
	font: 600 16px/2em sans-serif;
	text-decoration: none;
	text-shadow: 0 .1em .25em rgba(black, .5);
	border-radius: .375em;
	transform: translate3d(-50%, -50%, 0);
	img {
		position: absolute;
		top: 50%;
		left: 50%;
		transform: translate3d(-50%, -50%, 0) scale(0.85);
		transition: all .3s ease;
	}
	&:hover img,
	&:focus img {
		transform: translate3d(-50%, -50%, 0);
	}
}
.article-title,
.article-date {
	position: absolute;
	top: 50%;
	left: 50%;
	white-space: nowrap;
}
.article-title {
	display: block;
	font-size: 2em;
	transform: translate3d(-50%, -50%, 0);
	transition: all .3s ease;
	.article-link:hover &,
	.article-link:focus & {
		transform: translate3d(-50%, calc(-50% - .5em), 0);
	}
}
.article-date {
	opacity: 0;
	font-size: 1.25em;
	text-transform: uppercase;
	transform: translate3d(-50%, calc(-50% + 1.8em), 0);
	transition: all .3s ease;
	.article-link:hover &,
	.article-link:focus & {
		opacity: 1;
		transform: translate3d(-50%, calc(-50% + .8em), 0);
		transition: all .25s ease .05s;
	}
}