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Features Editor, New York Magazine
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Gillian Brockell
2 days ago
When I was in the inside,
@charlottetklein.bsky.social
âs coverage of WaPo was always the best-sourced and most accurate. Now that Iâm on the outside, I trust this more than anything else.
nymag.com/intelligence...
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How an Embittered Brit Decimated the Washington Post
Inside Will Lewisâs disastrous attempts to revitalize the paper.
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/washington-post-will-lewis.html
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Sarah Scott Scire
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must-read from
@charlottetklein.bsky.social
on the disastrous Will Lewis tenure at
@washingtonpost.com
nymag.com/intelligence...
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How an Embittered Brit Decimated the Washington Post
Inside Will Lewisâs disastrous attempts to revitalize the paper.
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/washington-post-will-lewis.html
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âHe had two settings: charming Brit and asshole Brit. And he quickly moved into the latter category."
@charlottetklein.bsky.social
with the essential deep dive on how Will Lewis gutted the Post:
nymag.com/intelligence...
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How an Embittered Brit Decimated the Washington Post
Inside Will Lewisâs disastrous attempts to revitalize the paper.
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/washington-post-will-lewis.html
2 days ago
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Karen K. Ho
12 days ago
Fantastic profile.
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Rebecca Traister
12 days ago
Cannot believe that I got to profile an extraordinary filmmaker, who happens to be the mother of NYCâs new mayor, and think about intersections of art and politics, and how familial love might produce a buffer against the corrosive politics and cynicism of our time. My story about Mira Nair:
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What Mira Nair Taught Zohran Mamdani
The mayorâs famous filmmaker mother reveals the origins of his ferocious ambition.
https://www.vulture.com/article/what-mira-nair-taught-zohran-mamdani.html
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A terrific profile of Mira Nair by
@rtraister.bsky.social
that sheds so much light on Zohran's upbringing, including his more-fraught-than-previously-known college admissions process
www.vulture.com/article/what...
12 days ago
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If you can't stop searching through the Epstein files, this one is for you:
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How the Epstein Files Turned Everyone Into Conspiracists
It turns out we really are governed by an overclass of degenerate elites. And now anyone can investigate them.
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/how-the-epstein-files-turned-everyone-into-conspiracists.html
16 days ago
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Jake Lahut
20 days ago
âLook, when I worked for her, our poor scheduler was getting calls at two oâclock in the morning to come bring her bottles of tequila,âa former staffer claimed of incidents they recalled going back to 2021.
nymag.com/intelligence...
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Nancy Mace Is Not Okay
âSomethingâs broken. The motherboardâs fried. Weâre short-circuiting somewhere.â
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/nancy-mace-is-not-okay.html
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Charlotte Klein
25 days ago
âWhatâs the plan after this?â a former Post reporter wondered. âYou cut however many hundreds of people to solve the fact that youâre still losing lots of money. Then what?â
nymag.com/intelligence...
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Inside the Washington Postâs Existential Meltdown
âThereâs no vision for why it should exist.â
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/inside-the-washington-posts-existential-meltdown.html
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I wrote about one of my favorite directors and his recent run of poor form:
www.vulture.com/article/noah...
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Did Success Spoil Noah Baumbach?
The director is at his best when heâs depicting men who resent the world for not recognizing their genius.
https://www.vulture.com/article/noah-baumbach-jay-kelly-success-failure.html
25 days ago
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A truly remarkable window into an American presidency:
nymag.com/intelligence...
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âThe Superhuman Presidentâ
A good-faith attempt to ascertain the truth about Donald Trumpâs health.
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/donald-trump-addresses-health-hand-bruise-stroke-mri-greenland.html
27 days ago
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Kerry Howley
about 1 month ago
I wrote about Minneapolis.
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The People vs. ICE
Renee Goodâs death galvanized a city eager to push back against Trumpâs invasion.
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/minneapolis-vs-donald-trump-ice-invasion.html?utm_medium=s1&utm_campaign=nym&utm_source=bluesky
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âThe Groypers are, you know, I mean, theyâre a lot like me" â just one of many college conservatives
@svzwood.bsky.social
interviewed in this eye-opening tour of the post-Charlie Kirk world:
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The Takeover of Kirk Country
How the dark forces of conspiracism remade MAGAâs youth movement.
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/charlie-kirk-turning-point-usa-new-leader-maga-movement.html
about 1 month ago
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Reeves Wiedeman
about 1 month ago
Wrote about the Ellisons attempted takeover of Hollywood for the new cover of
@nymag.com
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Lizzie O'Leary
about 1 month ago
This is so good
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Great entertainment from start to finish in this portrait of a family with severe daddy issues, by
@reeveswiedeman.bsky.social
www.vulture.com/article/larr...
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The Son King of Hollywood
With help from his billionaire father, Larry, David Ellison is trying to become the biggest studio mogul in history.
https://www.vulture.com/article/larry-david-ellison-paramount-warner-bros-discovery-deal-hollywood.html
about 1 month ago
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New York Magazine
about 2 months ago
Zohran Mamdani is a brilliant political talent with dizzying ambitions to change New York City as its new mayor. Is he ready for the actual job, though?
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The Making of Mayor Mamdani
Zohran Mamdani is a brilliant political talent with dizzying ambitions to change New York City as its new mayor. Is he ready for the actual job, though?
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/nyc-mayor-zohran-mamdani-takes-office-is-he-ready-new-york-city.html?utm_medium=s1&utm_campaign=nym&utm_source=bluesky
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Max Read
2 months ago
if you were an okay hang with an ivy league degree in LA in the past decade you could get in a room for a "funny" netflix adult animated show about trauma and healing or whatever. if you were a GREAT hang with an ivy league degree in LA you could get david ellison to buy your substack for $150m
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Bari Weiss in Wonderland
Her exile in Hollywood paved the way for a triumphant return to New York.
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/bari-weiss-cbs-news-comeback-new-york-return.html
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"Chris Pine is there, and Bob Iger is there, and all of these A-list writers whoâve won Oscars. And all anyone wants to do is talk to Bari Weiss."
@charlottetklein.bsky.social
on Bari Weiss's Hollywood-fueled comeback:
nymag.com/intelligence...
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Bari Weiss In Wonderland
Her exile in Hollywood paved the way for a triumphant return to New York.
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/bari-weiss-cbs-news-comeback-new-york-return.html
2 months ago
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New York Magazine
2 months ago
Hereâs to never knowing who you'll run into on the subway â and to
#ReasonstoLoveNewYork
, our 21st annual reminder of why (rent hikes, rat kings, and all) we wouldnât want to live anywhere else.
www.curbed.com/article/reas...
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Mohammed R. Mhawish
3 months ago
I spent sixteen months reporting this story. It follows how surveillance tech is rewriting Gaza in real time â and what itâs doing to the people inside it. Reported in partnership with
@justvision.org
's Palestine Reporting Lab and published in
@nymag.com
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Watched, Tracked, and Targeted in Gaza
Life under Israelâs all-encompassing surveillance regime.
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/watched-tracked-targeted-israel-surveillance-gaza.html
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New York Magazine
3 months ago
Elder millennials have gotten away with seeming young for a long time, but research shows that aging catches up with us at distinct moments â the first comes at 44.
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Falling Off the Aging Cliff at 44
Elder millennials have gotten away with seeming young for a long time, but research shows that aging catches up with us at distinct moments â the first comes at 44.
https://www.thecut.com/article/middle-aged-millennials-feeling-old-44-aging-cliff.html?utm_medium=s1&utm_campaign=nym&utm_source=bluesky
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"This is the dystopian consequence of technology, supplied in part by American companies, being placed into the hands of authorities who have virtually unlimited control over a captive population they have openly villainized." By
@mohamhawish.bsky.social
in
@nymag.com
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Watched, Tracked, and Targeted in Gaza
Life under Israelâs all-encompassing surveillance regime.
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/watched-tracked-targeted-israel-surveillance-gaza.html
3 months ago
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Rebecca Traister
3 months ago
Wrote about the backlash to the backlash to the backlash to the backlash there are no waves we are swimming through circular currents and why weâre not on the Faludi style backlash of the right (& center and leftâs) dreams:
www.thecut.com/article/why-...
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Me Too Forever
Why the backlash was so short-lived.
https://www.thecut.com/article/why-the-me-too-backlash-was-so-short-lived.html
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"Readers will recognize in this version of Epstein not the sociopathic blackmail artist he is rumored to have been but a more quotidian figure: the nerd whom other nerds regard as cool."
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Jeffrey Epstein, King of the Dweebs
Why did so many powerful nerds see the pedophile financier as cool?
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/jeffrey-epstein-king-of-the-dweebs.html
3 months ago
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The
@nymag.com
annual Power Issue is devoted to the Democrats, who, yes, do not have much power at all, but that's what makes them so interesting! Everything is up for grabs. First up is Simon van Zuylen-Wood on the Bernie Bros v the Abundance Bros:
nymag.com/intelligence...
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Socialism or Abundance?
Two visions fight for the Democratic Partyâs soul as it searches for purpose, direction, and a modicum of popularity.
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/socialism-vs-abundance-bernie-sanders-aoc-mamdani-democrats-future.html
4 months ago
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4 months ago
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In the latest issue of
@nymag.com
I wrote about being a parent in the age of Six Seven
www.thecut.com/article/what...
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The âSix Sevenâ Panic
Adolescent slang has always been impenetrable to adults. Thatâs the point.
https://www.thecut.com/article/what-does-six-seven-slang-mean.html
4 months ago
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This story from the archives on the War at Zabar's is so good:
www.grubstreet.com/article/zaba...
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The War at Zabarâs
Can three feuding partners ruin the worldâs greatest deli?
https://www.grubstreet.com/article/zabars-partners-war-saul-stanley-murray-klein-1992.html?ueid=9c80303cab6f80d2c9f134ede6463abf&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=OGS%20-%20Oct%2011%2C%202025&utm_term=Subscription%20List%20-%20One%20Great%20Story
4 months ago
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Chris Hayes
5 months ago
my word
nymag.com/intelligence...
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Who Really Runs DHS?
Kristi Noem is the face of Trumpâs police state. Corey Lewandowski is the muscle.
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/kristi-noem-corey-lewandowski-dhs-fema-trump-enforcers.html
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So many crazy details in Ben Terris's story about Kristi Noem and Corey Lewandowski, who we can confirm are not only dating but running DHS together:
nymag.com/intelligence...
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Who Really Runs DHS?
Kristi Noem is the face of Trumpâs police state. Corey Lewandowski is the muscle.
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/kristi-noem-corey-lewandowski-dhs-fema-trump-enforcers.html
5 months ago
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Sam Biddle
6 months ago
New York magazine asked me to explore Roblox and report back on what the hell is going on in there. I found kids are bombarded with covert ads, casino-style manipulation, and nonstop enticements to spend their parents' money.
nymag.com/intelligence...
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The Brain-Rotting Dystopia of Roblox
What if the worldâs most beloved video-game app is turning children into mindless hyperconsumers?
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/what-is-roblox-video-game-app-metaverse-safe-children-ban.html
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The final scene in this profile of Vivian Wilson by
@brockcolyar.bsky.social
is so good!
www.thecut.com/article/vivi...
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The Nearly Normal Young Adulthood of Vivian Wilson
Her father is the richest man alive with an anti-trans vendetta. Sheâs still figuring out what she wants to do.
https://www.thecut.com/article/vivian-wilson-elon-musk-daughter-2025-fall-fashion-issue-cover-story.html?utm_medium=s1&utm_campaign=nym&utm_source=bluesky
6 months ago
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For my first ever byline at
@thecut.com
I profiled Andrew Garfield about his new role as bad boy/villain in After the Hunt:
www.thecut.com/article/andr...
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The Temptations of Andrew Garfield
After years of playing the hero, the actor steps into the role of villain in After the Hunt.
https://www.thecut.com/article/andrew-garfield-interview-after-the-hunt-me-too-2025-fall-fashion-issue.html
6 months ago
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Some terrific writing and reporting here from
@reeveswiedeman.bsky.social
on the Kennedys as they watch RFK Jr (with Trump's assistance) dismantle their legacy:
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Hijacking the Kennedys
Only one cousin is in a position of power â and his family can only watch helplessly as he destroys much that they stood for.
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/kennedy-family-legacy-dynasty-rfk-jr-trump.html
6 months ago
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An excerpt from Giri Nathan's terrific new book up at New York magazine today
@girinathan.bsky.social
:
nymag.com/intelligence...
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Are Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz Friends?
Inside the rivalry that has already defined a new generation of tennis.
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/are-jannik-sinner-and-carlos-alcaraz-friends.html
6 months ago
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Amanda Litman
7 months ago
Nearly every third sentence in this story left me stunned.
nymag.com/intelligence...
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The Crypto Maniacs and the Torture Townhouse
How two men charged with an outrageous kidnapping scheme introduced a new kind of crime to the city.
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/william-duplessie-john-woeltz-nyc-clubs-crypto-soho-torture.html
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Charlotte Klein
7 months ago
A Food52 executive stole hundreds of thousands of dollars for luxury clothing and travel. And she put it all on Instagram!
www.thecut.com/article/food...
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The Food52 Executive Who Used the Company Credit Card for Everything
Shannon Muldoon, 38, stole hundreds of thousands of dollars from her employer for clothes and travel.
https://www.thecut.com/article/food52-shannon-muldoon-company-credit-card-stealing.html
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Charlotte Klein
7 months ago
More chaos at the Washington Post, as several newsroom leaders take buyouts and the new Opinion editor seems determined to clean house
nymag.com/intelligence...
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Things Are Somehow Getting Worse for the Washington Post
A raft of buyouts and multiple ongoing shake-ups have left staff despondent and unsure about the future.
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/things-are-somehow-getting-worse-for-the-washington-post.html
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Choire
7 months ago
Well they did it.
www.thecut.com/article/mens...
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Beware âSummer Long Ballsâ
Men with swollen scrotums are walking among us.
https://www.thecut.com/article/mens-testicles-bigger-summer-long-balls.html?utm_source=nymag_app_article_share
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A delightful dispatch from Up North by
@svzwood.bsky.social
, featuring a whole country raging mad at the people Down South (that's us):
nymag.com/intelligence...
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You Have No Idea How Furious the Canadians Are
Thereâs nothing like a common enemy to make a country come together.
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/canadians-join-the-us-trump-america-canada-reaction.html
7 months ago
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Perry Bacon
7 months ago
"Nearly 70 percent of Democrats now have an unfavorable view of Israel, according to Pew. Yet Democratic officials carry on as if full-throated support for Israel were party doctrine," writes
@ryuspaeth.bsky.social
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nymag.com/intelligence...
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Israel Was Supposed to Sink Zohran Mamdani
Will the Democratic Party absorb the lesson?
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/zohran-mamdani-israel-stance-democratic-party-lesson.html
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So many great/horrific details in this dispatch from Kyoto by
@reeveswiedeman.bsky.social
nymag.com/intelligence...
8 months ago
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Reyhan Harmanci
8 months ago
This story names something that had been really bothering me: public opinion, shaped by irrefutable, horrific, daily reporting by people in Gaza, turned against Israeli government years ago. Polls have shown this consistently. Why do Dems ignore their voters on this?
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Israel Was Supposed to Sink Zohran Mamdani
Will the Democratic Party absorb the lesson?
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/zohran-mamdani-israel-stance-democratic-party-lesson.html
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Our cover this week is of course Zohran. I wrote about the Democratic Partyâs utter inability to reckon with the fact that their voters oppose the war in Gaza
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Israel Was Supposed to Sink Zohran Mamdani
Will the Democratic Party absorb the lesson?
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/zohran-mamdani-israel-stance-democratic-party-lesson.html
8 months ago
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Charlotte Klein
8 months ago
The Atlantic â which added ~100,000 new subscribers in the single week after breaking the Signal story â has been on a very expensive hiring spree:
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Are You a $300,000 Writer?
Inside The Atlanticâs extremely expensive hiring spree.
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/the-a-team-inside-the-atlantics-expensive-hiring-spree.html
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Reyhan Harmanci
8 months ago
Suzy Hansen stares into the abyss. The reckoning we need.
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Israelâs Crimes of the Century
How Israel, with the help of the U.S., broke not only Gaza but the foundations of humanitarian law.
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/israel-palestine-gaza-war-crimes-genocide.html
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Brian Goldstone
8 months ago
"In its annihilative force and ambition, the Israeli campaign is unique among modern conflicts. In fact, the term 'war crime' is not even adequate for what's happening in Gaza." A searing, essential piece by Suzy Hansen:
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Israelâs Crimes of the Century
How Israel, with the help of the U.S., broke not only Gaza but the foundations of humanitarian law.
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/israel-palestine-gaza-war-crimes-genocide.html
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New York Magazine
8 months ago
Alleging Israel has committed âwar crimesâ suggests a recognizable event: that there is a war happening, and there are some crimes in it. Gaza is different. For our latest cover story, Suzy Hansen examines how the war in Gaza has upended decades of humanitarian law:
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