Clare Malone

You can drag a horticulture but you can't make her think. Staff writer @NewYorker covering media and politics 📝[email protected] 📝

Articles

The Junk Science of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

2 months ago | rsn.org | Clare Malone

For the first time in modern American history, a skeptic of medical research could be responsible for safeguarding public health. In the fading days of Robert F.
The Junk Science of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

2 months ago | newyorker.com | Clare Malone

In the fading days of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.,’s independent campaign for President, he found himself on the phone with Donald Trump, a man he once privately described as “a terrible human being.” Trump had nearly been killed by an assassin’s bullet at a Pennsylvania rally, an act that hit close to home for Kennedy, whose father was assassinated on the Presidential campaign trail.
The Junk Science of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

2 months ago | flipboard.com | Clare Malone

An email went out to the federal workforce Tuesday evening, with a subject line that had ties to Elon Musk. President Donald Trump's administration is offering federal workers the chance to take a "deferred resignation," which would mean they agree now to resign but get paid through September. A …
Is the TikTok Ban a Chance to Rethink the Whole Internet?

Jan 17, 2025 | newyorker.com | Clare Malone

McCourt, who says that he has no interest in becoming TikTok’s C.E.O., is unique among the group of potential buyers. For starters, he has been steadfastly public, voicing his desire to purchase the app in print and televised interviews, including on “Fox & Friends,” reportedly Trump’s favorite show.
Bearing Witness to American Exploits

Nov 16, 2024 | ourcommunitynow.com | Clare Malone

Share When Peter van Agtmael was in college, he bought a collection of pictures taken by photojournalists who had died while covering the Vietnam War. “The pictures that shaped my understanding of violence were as seductive as they were frightening,” he writes in his book “Look at the U.S.A.,” a survey of wars and domestic strife in post-9/11 America. As a child of the nineties, he was familiar with the good-vs.-evil narratives of American interventions from TV news, but the George W.
Bearing Witness to American Exploits

Nov 15, 2024 | newyorker.com | Clare Malone

When Peter van Agtmael was in college, he bought a collection of pictures taken by photojournalists who had died while covering the Vietnam War. “The pictures that shaped my understanding of violence were as seductive as they were frightening,” he writes in his book “Look at the U.S.A.,” a survey of wars and domestic strife in post-9/11 America. As a child of the nineties, he was familiar with the good-vs.-evil narratives of American interventions from TV news, but the George W.
R.F.K., Jr.,’s Next Move

Nov 15, 2024 | newyorker.com | Clare Malone

In today’s newsletter, the uncertain future of the nation’s health. Plus:In 1984, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., was at one of the lowest points in his life, having just left a rehab facility following his well-publicized arrest for heroin possession, after he had overdosed on a plane. Kennedy began volunteering with an environmental organization, Riverkeeper, that was aggressively pursuing polluters of New York’s Hudson River.
The Surprise Selzer Poll from Iowa

Nov 4, 2024 | newyorker.com | Clare Malone

In today’s newsletter, a stunning new poll from Iowa, released over the weekend. And then, Charles Bethea reports on the people making plans for surviving a civil war. Plus:• Watching the election from across the pondOn Saturday evening, the politically on-edge of America, who, in the final days of the election, are nourished by any new scraps of data about the potential makeup of the electorate, were fed an unexpected morsel.
The Fight Over Truth in a Blue-Collar Pennsylvania County

Oct 30, 2024 | newyorker.com | Clare Malone
Is There a Method to Donald Trump’s Madness?

Sep 26, 2024 | newyorker.com | Clare Malone

“Weird.” It’s an eye-roll-inducing word, overused as it’s been these past two months. The term, which arguably won Governor Tim Walz the No. 2 spot on the Democratic ticket, was a stroke of folksy, linguistic genius: finally, a way to dismissively describe Donald Trump and his cohort without dipping into a self-righteous tone that could turn off wary swing voters. Trump bounded onto the national political stage nearly a decade ago by making race-baiting populism mainstream again.