As in any other playoff, candidate rhetoric let loose during the U.S. presidential race can be tough. We’ve held a front row seat to the 2012 showdown for over a year, with tensions still rising as the general election looms nearer. Some of the barbs launched along the campaign trail have been laughable: Newt Gingrich’s television ad incriminating Mitt Romney for his ability to speak French comes to mind. Others are not. The dialogue surrounding U.S. poverty and inequality, two issues that are hotter than ever during a deep recession that the nation has shown incapable of simply shaking off [...]
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For all the shouting, the electoral season has remarkable silences, too
As in any other playoff, candidate rhetoric let loose during the U.S. presidential race can be tough. We’ve held a front row seat to the 2012 showdown for over a year, with tensions still rising as the general election looms nearer. Some of the barbs launched along the campaign trail have been laughable: Newt... »
A conversation with Ron Scherer, reporter for the Christian Science Monitor
Ron Scherer is a reporter for the Christian Science Monitor, where he has worked for 36 years. Previously, he worked for U.S. News & World Report and United Press International, and wrote for The Armored Sentinel at the U.S. Army base in Fort Hood, Texas, where he served during the Vietnam War. Scherer spoke with... »
The nature of the divide: Derek Thompson on poverty coverage in business journalism
You might think business journalists rarely cover poverty, but the archive of Derek Thompson’s stories at TheAtlantic.com suggests otherwise. Thompson, 25, is a senior editor at The Atlantic who oversees business coverage for the organization’s website. He graduated from Northwestern University in 2008 and began working for The Atlantic the following fall. In... »