Emily Witt

2 months ago | newyorker.com | Emily Witt

On the twenty-eighth of January, Donald Trump signed an executive order titled “Protecting Children from Chemical and Surgical Mutilation.” It declared that the United States will no longer “fund, sponsor, promote, assist, or support the so-called ‘transition’ of a child from one sex to another,” and “will rigorously enforce all laws that prohibit or limit these destructive and life-altering procedures.” The order, which defines a child as anyone under the age of nineteen, may also limit...

2 months ago | bookforum.com | Emily Witt

ARIANA REINES: Last time we spoke, it was over the summer, before Health and Safety (Pantheon, $27) came out. It was compulsive reading for me—at least five books in one. I don’t know how you did it.

Jan 17, 2025 | businessandamerica.com | Emily Witt

In the immediate aftermath of the Eaton Fire, public access to the most damaged areas had still been possible, and residents had driven around downed power lines, past blocks of smoking ruins, to report back to neighbors on the state of their homes. By Friday, following the deployment of the National Guard, officials had begun clearing hazards and conducting a grim assessment of the damage, including a search for human remains.

Jan 17, 2025 | newyorker.com | Emily Witt

I met the Benns through their cousin, Anton Anderson, a fifty-seven-year-old technology consultant and podcaster who, with the exception of going to college at Dartmouth, has lived in Altadena his whole life. It was a Friday afternoon, three days after the Eaton Fire began, and Anderson and I were standing on Lincoln Avenue near a National Guard checkpoint that was limiting access to the northern reaches of Altadena, where the fire had hit hardest.

Jan 15, 2025 | myemail.constantcontact.com | Bronwyn Thompson |Dylan Scott |Emily Witt |Ben Coxworth

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