Franklin Foer

This story is fascinating, and also an important historical document. theatlantic.com/magazine/2026/… @FranklinFoer interviewed 50 federal workers who were either fired or forced out—or who retired/resigned "rather than accept what their job had become."

At the end of Donald Trump’s first year back in office, roughly 300,000 fewer Americans worked for the government. @FranklinFoer spoke with 50 federal employees who were either fired or forced out: theatlantic.com/magazine/2026/…

When Trump purged the civil service, he did away with some of the employees who understood the government best: “What’s been lost isn’t just a sense of purpose,” @FranklinFoer argues, “but a body of knowledge—a way of making the machinery of the state function.” theatln.tc/1M3eJpvx

At the end of Donald Trump’s first year back in office, roughly 300,000 fewer Americans worked for the government. @FranklinFoer spoke with 50 federal employees who were either fired or forced out: theatlantic.com/magazine/2026/…

A month after October 7, I wrote a profile of Hersh Goldberg-Polin--and an account of his parent's suffering. theatlantic.com/international/…

Netanyahu has tried to turn the most pro-Israel president in US history into his enemy. That's a terrible message and will badly hurt Israel in the long-run. theatlantic.com/international/…

I wrote about how Biden's greatest strengths as a president were the very things that doomed his reelection. theatlantic.com/politics/archi…

In most ways, Biden’s persistence has made for a resilient, healthy psyche, @FranklinFoer writes. "Right now it is his psychological prison, a mental habit that might doom American democracy." theatlantic.com/politics/archi…

This is an important piece, from ⁦@FranklinFoer⁩: theatlantic.com/international/…

Very excited about @FranklinFoer’s book. Join us.

I spoke to @mPinoe about the disgusting Spanish federation president, the backlash against USWNT, her missed penalty kick, and what she'll miss about the World Cup. theatlantic.com/culture/archiv…

Spain’s performance in the Women’s World Cup has been a tremendous sporting victory, and a thrashing of the idea that the women’s game lacks the technical ability of the men’s, @FranklinFoer writes: theatlantic.com/culture/archiv…

The obstacles to women’a soccer in most of the world are grotesque and immense. I’m rooting for a team that survived wage theft, systemic sexual assault—and plays electric football. theatlantic.com/culture/archiv…

Now that the U.S. is out of the Women’s World Cup, every neutral fan of goodwill should fervently support Colombia, @FranklinFoer writes: theatlantic.com/culture/archiv…

My grand theory of why the U.S. has been so mediocre at this World Cup... theatlantic.com/culture/archiv…

"Study any dysfunction in American economic life long enough—runaway health-care costs, baby-formula shortages, regional inequality—and you’re likely to find corporate concentration among the causes." @FranklinFoer bit.ly/3rydVDS

This week, the Biden administration very quietly published a manifesto for a counterrevolution.... theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

"The doppelgänger doesn’t just stalk Levy’s protagonist; it stalks the entirety of her work." @FranklinFoer is excellent on Deborah Levy and what defines her oeuvre. theatlantic.com/books/archive/…

@mattyglesias There's a great French novel, Hold Fast Your Crown, that begins with a very similar conceit. I highly recommend it. goodreads.com/book/show/4370…

Once the writer's strike is resolved, this has to be the entertainment industry's top priority. slowboring.com/p/start-of-sum…

I wrote about Elizabeth Gilbert's feckless response to criticism--and the bad precedent it sets. theatlantic.com/books/archive/…