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Yoni Appelbaum

Washington, D.C.

Deputy Executive Editor at The Atlantic

Deputy Executive Editor @TheAtlantic. Author of "Stuck: How the Privileged and the Propertied Broke the Engine of American Opportunity."

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  • 3 weeks ago | wisdomofcrowds.live | Damir Marusic |Samuel Kimbriel |Yoni Appelbaum

    Current time: 0:00 / Total time: -50:56Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade. Is it possible to move up in this world? Are Americans stuck? Our guest today is , an American historian and staff writer at The Atlantic magazine.

  • 2 months ago | laist.com | Yoni Appelbaum

    Independent audit finds lack of tracking in LA city homelessness spendingL.A. city officials have made it impossible to accurately track homelessness spending, in large part by outsourcing to an agency that has failed to collect accurate data on its vendors and hold them accountable, according to findings from an independent audit commissioned by a federal judge. The problems heighten the risk of tax dollars being misspent, auditors found after reviewing $2.4 billion in city funding.

  • 2 months ago | thephiladelphiacitizen.org | Yoni Appelbaum |Michael Baharaeen |Nick Paumgarten

    National news these days is overwhelming. It comes out fast. It changes by the hour. It often raises more questions than it answers. And, depending on where you’re getting your news, it does little more than reinforce our biases. This is bad — for our well-being, our ability to engage, and our democracy. That’s why, in late February, Citizen Co-founder Larry Platt offered our readers a path through the fog:You are your own editor these days.

  • 2 months ago | lithub.com | Yoni Appelbaum

    On a sandy stretch of land along Massachusetts Bay, people pretending to be my ancestors dress in antiquated clothing and welcome visitors into their rude wooden huts. They call this tourist trap “Plimoth,” misspelling it for added authenticity. None of the structures are original; the buildings are miles distant from the historic site they imaginatively re-create.

  • Feb 10, 2025 | msn.com | Yoni Appelbaum

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Yoni Appelbaum
Yoni Appelbaum @YAppelbaum
11 May 25

In 1861, the king of Siam sent generous presents to the president, along with an offer of the most luxurious form of transportation at his disposal—elephants. Lincoln's reply is instructive today: https://t.co/MHZnaRF8uR

Yoni Appelbaum
Yoni Appelbaum @YAppelbaum
11 May 25

RT @TheAtlantic: “I didn’t quite grasp the astounding force of feeling layered into all of that until I was the one doing the layering,“ @e…

Yoni Appelbaum
Yoni Appelbaum @YAppelbaum
9 May 25

RT @jmart: I hate that this @jonathanchait piece is behind a paywall But folks left and right - at least those in same zip code of good f…