Yoni Appelbaum | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Brandeis University (PhD) Columbia University (BA) |
| Occupation(s) | Politics Editor, The Atlantic |
| Known for | Social and cultural historian, Journalist |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Emily Pressman |
| Children | 2 |
| Parent(s) | Diana Muir Karter Paul S. Appelbaum |
| Family | Binyamin Appelbaum (brother) Peter Karter (grandfather) Trish Karter (aunt) |
| Website | X: @YAppelbaum |
Yoni Appelbaum, an American historian and journalist, is Senior Editor for politics at The Atlantic . [1] [2] Appelbaum was previously a columnist for the publication. [3]
Appelbaum is the son of Diana Muir Karter and Dr. Paul S. Appelbaum. He was born in 1979 or 1980. [4] He has two siblings: Binyamin Appelbaum and Avigail Appelbaum. [5] His grandfather is nuclear engineer Peter Karter. His aunt is entrepreneur Trish Karter. He was raised in Newton, Massachusetts [6] and is a graduate of the Maimonides School in Brookline, Massachusetts. [7] Appelbaum holds an A.B., magna cum laude, from Columbia University (2003), and a Ph.D. in history from Brandeis University (2014). [4] [5] [8]
Before moving to The Atlantic, Appelbaum taught at Harvard University. [1] Appelbaum's academic work focused on what he has jokingly called the, "guilded age," the associative republicanism of the late 19th century, an era when mass-membership organizations like the Knights of Pythias, Chicago Lumber Exchange, and the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union were central to national politics. [9]
In the March 2019 issue of The Atlantic, Appelbaum wrote a long-form article making the case for the impeachment of President Donald Trump. [10] [11] According to Margaret Sullivan writing in The Washington Post , Appelbaum's essay is the article that "moved... impeachment, all-but-taboo in Big Media’s coverage of Trump,...., from the margins into the mainstream — across the journalism spectrum." [12]
In 2004, Appelbaum married Emily Pressman of Wilmington, Delaware, in a Jewish ceremony at Columbia University. They had been dating since they were in college, and Pressman is one year younger than Appelbaum. [13] [4] They have two children. [14]
Norman Jules Pressman. Beloved husband of Helaine "Laney" Pressman, nee Tobey; dear father of Emily (Yoni) Appelbaum and Michael (Mara) Pressman; loving grandfather of Elisheva and Joshua Appelbaum and Eloise Pressman;
