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]
Yoni Appelbaum | |
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Nationality | United States |
Education | Ph.D. in American History from Brandeis University B.A. from Columbia University |
Occupation | Politics Editor, The Atlantic |
Known for | Social and cultural historian, Journalist |
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse(s) | Emily Pressman |
Children | 2 |
Parent(s) | Diana Muir Karter Paul S. Appelbaum |
Family | Binyamin Appelbaum (brother) Peter Karter (grandfather) Trish Karter (aunt) |
Website | Twitter: @YAppelbaum |
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 his college sweetheart, Emily Pressman of Wilmington, Delaware, in a Jewish ceremony at Columbia University. She is one year his junior.[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;