Elaina Plott Calabro (@elainaplott) 's Twitter Profile
Elaina Plott Calabro

@elainaplott

Staff writer, @TheAtlantic. Writing a book about Frank M. Johnson and George Wallace for @penguinpress. Alum @nytimes. Tuscaloosa native. Ruth 1:16.

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This month’s Businessweek cover story is out, and it’s me and Lily Meier on whether, after decades of declining sales and failed turnarounds, Gap might actually, finally be making a comeback. (Except, oops, the tariffs!) Gift link: bloomberg.com/news/features/…

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#OnThisDay in 1964, 30 Freedom Summer workers based in Greenville, Mississippi, made the first effort to register Black voters in Drew. White men circled the workers in cars and trucks, some equipped with gun racks, making violent threats. One White man stopped his car and

#OnThisDay in 1964, 30 Freedom Summer workers based in Greenville, Mississippi, made the first effort to register Black voters in Drew. 

White men circled the workers in cars and trucks, some equipped with gun racks, making violent threats. One White man stopped his car and
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At night, Toni Morrison worked on her novels. By day, she was the first Black female senior-editor at Random House. She championed a fresh generation of authors, Clint Smith writes. A new book chronicles her time as an editor: theatlantic.com/magazine/archi…

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My essay on how the decline of deep reading is (arguably) reshaping our consciousness, culture, and politics is out from behind the paywall vox.com/politics/41404…

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An pastor filmed as ICE agents arrested two of his church members. He told the agents that the Iranian couple was fleeing religious persecution. They're asylum-seekers, he said. "It doesn't matter," one of the agents replied. My latest for Christianity Today tinyurl.com/2w4m66ce

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“If there’s one family that hasn’t profited off politics, it’s the Trump family,” Eric Trump said. Glad we got that one ironed out.... Revealing interview of Eric Trump by my colleague Alex Rogers ft.com/content/4fdac3…

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When you add up everything the government is prepared to sacrifice in its relentless pursuit of Abrego Garcia—as Nick Miroff does here—the tab is astonishing theatlantic.com/politics/archi…

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“Even if most Americans haven’t abandoned their private sense of empathy, many don’t seem terribly bothered by the rancidness of their leaders,” writes George Packer. “It might be the ugliest effect of Trump’s return”: theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

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My friend got diagnosed with an aggressive form of breast cancer on the same afternoon DOGE fired her from the CFPB. As she started chemo, she got rehired. Then fired again. Then rehired again... theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

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"In hindsight I’ll say: I always thought going crazy would be more exciting—roaming the street in a bathrobe, shouting at fruit. Instead I spent a weary season of my life saying representative." theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

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“It was the 10 year old girl’s first time at camp, but when she got in the car she started singing the six songs she had learned “ nytimes.com/2025/07/05/us/… via @NYTimes