Emma Carmichael

i'm very excited to share that i'm writing an oral history of the first three decades of the WNBA. can't wait to spend the next year trying to capture these women’s stories and impact. if you know someone i should talk to, or have a story i should hear, email me: wnbabook@gmail

"The man fatally shot by federal officers in Minneapolis this morning has been identified as Alex Jeffrey Pretti, according to sources familiar with the investigation ... State records show Pretti was issued a nursing license in 2021, and it remains active through March 2026." startribune.com/ice-raids-minn…

Two weeks ago, I noticed something strange: the same emaciated toddler in Gaza that The New York Times had put on its front page had also appeared in nearly every mainstream outlet. Different news organizations, different photographers, same boy. So I did something no one else bothered to do: I ran the children’s names through Google Translate and combed Arabic media. What @TanyaLukyanova_ and I found is that nearly every image told the same story: these were kids with cystic fibrosis, rickets, or other serious ailments used by mainstream media to give the false impression of a famine.

We’re excited to announce @caityweaver joining The Atlantic as a staff writer, along with @JonLemire and @_alexreisner joining as contributing writers. More info here: theatlantic.com/press-releases…