Sarah Jones

New York

Senior Writer, Intelligencer at New York Magazine

Senior writer, @Intelligencer/@NYmag. Member, @NYGuild. Writing DISPOSABLE for @AvidReaderPress.

Articles

The Christians Who Believe Empathy Is a Sin

1 week ago | nymag.com | Sarah Jones

When President Donald Trump attended a prayer service at the Washington Cathedral in January, Bishop Marian Edgar Budde had a message for him. Now that he was president again, he could show "mercy" to those who feared his return, she said. A predictable outrage followed. Trump called Budde "nasty in tone" and said she was "not compelling or smart," while his Christian loyalists preferred a more theological justification for their temper.
People more likely to empathise with groups than individuals, study finds

1 week ago | the-independent.com | Sarah Jones

Empathy was also rated as taking more effort and being more distressing than remaining neutral. Storm NewtonFrom reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.
'Education's Version of Predatory Lending'

2 weeks ago | nymag.com | Sarah Jones

Last week, Texas Republicans advanced a measure that would create a massive new school voucher program. Should it become law, parents could use $1 billion in public funds to subsidize private-school tuition and the costs of homeschooling. It would not matter if the private school is religious or secular.
Alex Soros Has Inherited the Responsibility of Beating Trump

3 weeks ago | archive.is | Ed Kilgore |Margaret Hartmann |Simon van Zuylen-Wood |Sarah Jones

Audio: Listen to this article. This article was featured in One Great Story, New York’s reading recommendation newsletter. Sign up here to get it nightly. Alex Soros lives in the duplex penthouse of a building in downtown Manhattan. The elevator opens onto the apartment, where a framed photograph of Alex and his fiancée, Huma Abedin, sits on a small table by the entrance.
The World Doesn't Need More Elon Musk Babies

4 weeks ago | nymag.com | Sarah Jones

Elon Musk may not have appeared at the Natal Conference in Austin, Texas, this year, but he didn't have to. The very concept of pronatalism owes its current prominence to him and his obsession with fertility.
How New Age Women Turned Right

1 month ago | nymag.com | Sarah Jones

Amy Carlson wanted to be special. She tried astrology, and she tried men - angry, violent, useless men. One held a knife to her throat, which forced her to get a restraining order. One fathered her first child, but the relationship didn't last. She married another man and gave birth to a daughter, and yet she was still restless. In 2005 she got divorced, and she delivered her last child, Aidan, the same year. That's when she saw the archangel Michael.
Then They Came for People With Disabilities

1 month ago | nymag.com | Sarah Jones

In 1959, a teenage Kitty Cone was diagnosed with muscular dystrophy. The daughter of a well-off military family, she discovered that her disability often worked against her family's wealth and political connections. She attended five different high schools, including the posh Holton-Arms School where her cousins had to carry her up the stairs so she could attend classes.
Masculinity Will Not Save Men

1 month ago | nymag.com | Sarah Jones

American men and boys are in trouble, we are told. The internet is replete with tales of controlling husbands and boyfriends who neglect their hygiene and play video games all day. The stories aren't purely anecdotal; the data suggest there is a crisis.
Andrea Dworkin Saw Trump's Female Enablers 40 Years Ago

2 months ago | nymag.com | Sarah Jones

The path to women's liberation has always been blocked by other women. Before Amy Coney Barrett rose to the Supreme Court or Marjorie Dannenfelser began her war on legal abortion, there was Phyllis Schlafly, that self-styled paragon of wifely submission, and Anita Bryant, the unrepentant homophobe. In Right-Wing Women, the late feminist writer Andrea Dworkin skewered them and the culture of male violence they served.
Disposable by Sarah Jones Explores How the Healthcare System Prioritizes Profit Over Human Life

2 months ago | teenvogue.com | Sarah Jones

In December 2024, a masked gunman shot and killed UnitedHealthcare executive Brian Thompson in the streets of New York City. The murder roiled the internet. Although most social media users agreed that nothing could justify murder, the crime ignited a furious public debate about health insurance companies like United. For most Americans, private health insurance is a fact of life. You go to the doctor, and someone asks you for your insurance information before anyone takes a look at you.