Yoni Appelbaum
@yappelbaum.bsky.social
Deputy Executive Editor, The Atlantic. Author of "Stuck: How the Privileged and the Propertied Broke the Engine of American Opportunity." https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/700580/stuck-by-yoni-appelbaum/
BREAKING: Mark Wolf, appointed to the federal bench by Ronald Reagan, writes that he is resigning as a judge to have the freedom to speak out against the president's assault on the rule of law.
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November 9, 2025 at 2:27 PM
BREAKING: Mark Wolf, appointed to the federal bench by Ronald Reagan, writes that he is resigning as a judge to have the freedom to speak out against the president's assault on the rule of law.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
You keep making this claim, and I'm baffled by it. Can I ask you to point to the passage from my book where I defend or rehabilitate Robert Moses? Here's the sole mention of Moses, and the passage in which I make my view of the conflict between them plain:
October 29, 2025 at 1:47 PM
You keep making this claim, and I'm baffled by it. Can I ask you to point to the passage from my book where I defend or rehabilitate Robert Moses? Here's the sole mention of Moses, and the passage in which I make my view of the conflict between them plain:
2. The saloon owners—and the beer and liquor distributors who supplied them—had more to win or lose in city elections than anyone else, and they spent accordingly. Officials catered to their interests, more than to voters. And corruption ran rampant.
August 21, 2025 at 9:21 PM
2. The saloon owners—and the beer and liquor distributors who supplied them—had more to win or lose in city elections than anyone else, and they spent accordingly. Officials catered to their interests, more than to voters. And corruption ran rampant.
"On its own accord, Grok dug up the demographics of previous winners of Nobel Prizes in the sciences—disproportionately white men—and determined a set of “good_races”: white, caucasian, Asian, East Asian, South Asian, and Jewish."
July 11, 2025 at 10:20 PM
"On its own accord, Grok dug up the demographics of previous winners of Nobel Prizes in the sciences—disproportionately white men—and determined a set of “good_races”: white, caucasian, Asian, East Asian, South Asian, and Jewish."
The most important graph you'll see today. As large blue-state metros choked off growth with zoning, red-state metros kept building cheap suburban housing.
But now, that's changed, as homeowners in those states have mastered the art of blocking development, too.
The result? Prices are spiking.
But now, that's changed, as homeowners in those states have mastered the art of blocking development, too.
The result? Prices are spiking.
June 9, 2025 at 1:42 PM
The most important graph you'll see today. As large blue-state metros choked off growth with zoning, red-state metros kept building cheap suburban housing.
But now, that's changed, as homeowners in those states have mastered the art of blocking development, too.
The result? Prices are spiking.
But now, that's changed, as homeowners in those states have mastered the art of blocking development, too.
The result? Prices are spiking.
This is a great point!
April 15, 2025 at 10:16 PM
This is a great point!
People keep asking me why I'm so skeptical of the democratic input from community hearings. And the simplest answer is—it's incredibly undemocratic!
April 15, 2025 at 9:12 PM
People keep asking me why I'm so skeptical of the democratic input from community hearings. And the simplest answer is—it's incredibly undemocratic!
NEW: In a court filing this evening, the Trump administration said that it had mistakenly deported a Maryland father to a notorious Salvadoran prison due to an "administrative error." www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
April 1, 2025 at 2:25 AM
NEW: In a court filing this evening, the Trump administration said that it had mistakenly deported a Maryland father to a notorious Salvadoran prison due to an "administrative error." www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
The book tour starts tonight—hoping to meet many of you in person over the coming weeks!
February 26, 2025 at 8:15 PM
The book tour starts tonight—hoping to meet many of you in person over the coming weeks!
If you're in DC, come hear @jeffreygoldberg.bsky.social grill me about "Stuck" at @politicsprose.bsky.social on the Wharf, at 7pm
February 26, 2025 at 2:18 PM
If you're in DC, come hear @jeffreygoldberg.bsky.social grill me about "Stuck" at @politicsprose.bsky.social on the Wharf, at 7pm
Ha, so it was you!
February 25, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Ha, so it was you!
A first excerpt from @chrislhayes.bsky.social terrific new book, published this morning:
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January 22, 2025 at 3:45 PM
A first excerpt from @chrislhayes.bsky.social terrific new book, published this morning:
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...