Andrew Aoyama

Wheels Up What the photographer Edward Burtynsky found in a tire pile in Modesto, California, and on the shores of Western Australia

Edward Burtynsky built a career photographing landscapes altered by human exploitation—hedgerows of disposed tires, sprawling oil refineries, pockmarked mountainsides. But he hasn’t given up on documenting the pristine, @andrewaoyama.bsky.social writes:

Wheels Up What the photographer Edward Burtynsky found in a tire pile in Modesto, California, and on the shores of Western Australia

Edward Burtynsky built a career photographing landscapes altered by human exploitation—hedgerows of disposed tires, sprawling oil refineries, pockmarked mountainsides. But he hasn’t given up on documenting the pristine, @andrewaoyama.bsky.social writes:

The Elite University Presidents Who Despise One Another Inside the civil war between the Ivy League and the South

The presidents of elite universities are at war with one another over how to respond to the Trump administration’s attacks. It’s the secret battle that will determine the future of higher education in America: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

How Joseph Kurihara Lost His Faith in America He spent his life trying to prove that he was a loyal U.S. citizen. It wasn’t enough.

Joseph Kurihara had faith in America—but it didn’t have faith in him. @andrewaoyama.bsky.social on a veteran who left the United States forever:

How Joseph Kurihara Lost His Faith in America He spent his life trying to prove that he was a loyal U.S. citizen. It wasn’t enough.

Joseph Kurihara had faith in America—but it didn’t have faith in him. @andrewaoyama.bsky.social on a veteran who left the United States forever:

During World War II, the U.S. forced more than 125,000 Japanese Americans into prison camps. @andrewaoyama.bsky.social’s grandmother was one of them. She rarely spoke of it when she was released. But other prisoners became dissidents—and some, exiles. https://theatln.tc/mvTHKcOz

He Spent His Life Trying to Prove That He Was a Loyal U.S. Citizen. It Wasn’t Enough. How Joseph Kurihara lost his faith in America

For @theatlantic.com's August issue, I wrote about the last time the U.S. government said a group of immigrants posed a threat to national security, and what one man did in response:

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How Joseph Kurihara Lost His Faith in America He spent his life trying to prove that he was a loyal U.S. citizen. It wasn’t enough.

When America entered World War I, Joseph Kurihara became a soldier. When it entered World War II, he became a prisoner, a dissident, and ultimately an exile. @andrewaoyama.bsky.social tells his story in our August issue:

The Mother Who Never Stopped Believing Her Son Was Still There For decades, Eve Baer remained convinced that her son, unresponsive after a severe brain injury, was still conscious. Science eventually proved her right.

I learned so much from this amazing @sarahzhang.bsky.social piece about the human brain and consciousness—which it turns out scientists are only just beginning to understand.

Like everything Sarah writes, this is an utterly fascinating, deeply human story:
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We’re All Living in a Carl Hiaasen Novel In the mangroves with Florida’s poet of excess and grift

To say that something is straight out of a Carl Hiaasen novel is only a slightly less clichéd way of saying that truth, especially in Florida, is stranger than fiction.

For @theatlantic.com's June issue, I went to Vero Beach to talk to @carlhiaasen.com himself.

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Donald Trump’s comeback has convinced him that he’s invincible, @ashleyrparker.bsky.social and @michaelscherer.bsky.social report. But now the cracks are beginning to show.

Read more in our new cover story: https://theatln.tc/jM9agmN7

‘I Run the Country and the World’ Donald Trump believes he’s invincible. But the cracks are beginning to show.

On Election Night 2024, addressing no one in particular, Trump spoke.

“You know, they made a big mistake,” he said. “They could have been getting rid of us by now. But actually, we’re just beginning.”

My @theatlantic.com cover w @michaelscherer.bsky.social: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

To Stop a Shooter Why would an armed officer stand by as a school shooting unfolds?

The Atlantic is proud to announce that “American Cowardice,” by Jamie Thompson, has won the 2025 National Magazine Award for Reporting. Read Jamie’s story, from our March 2024 issue, here:

An ‘Administrative Error’ Sends a Maryland Father to a Salvadoran Prison The Trump administration says it mistakenly deported an immigrant with protected status but that courts are powerless to order his return.

EXCLUSIVE: The Trump administration has acknowledged that it grabbed a Maryland father with protected status and mistakenly deported him to El Salvador—but claims that courts are powerless to order his return, @nickmiroff.bsky.social reports: theatln.tc/Bot5mE4O

In our May issue:

@anneapplebaum.bsky.social on how Orbán’s Hungary could be America's future

George Packer on how Trump got GOP leaders to betray an entire worldview

Aziz Huq on America’s dual state

Plus, @markleibovich.bsky.social profiles Ringo Starr

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Ringo Starr’s Enduring Optimism “Nobody has generated more goodwill than Ringo,” says the producer T Bone Burnett. “Not a single person in the world.”

“Peace and love, peace and love,” Starr said back to a cluster of onlookers, sounding cheerfully bored. He paused and puffed out his cheeks into an ostentatious deep breath. I imagine that’s one of the hassles of immortality: It tends to go on forever."
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Here Are the Attack Plans That Trump’s Advisers Shared on Signal The administration has downplayed the importance of the text messages inadvertently sent to The Atlantic’s editor in chief.

“People should see the texts in order to reach their own conclusions.” @jeffreygoldberg.bsky.social and @shaneharris.bsky.social share the group chat in which officials planned strikes on Yemen. theatln.tc/AHkpb39A

Ahmed al-Sharaa, a former jihadist who has styled himself a moderate, is the only thing holding Syria together, Robert F. Worth writes. Some Syrians believe his transformation; even those who don’t worry that if Sharaa can’t save them, perhaps no one can. theatln.tc/u1CwyUoz

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American war planning usually takes place in highly secure facilities. But the Trump administration planned its strikes on the Houthis using a group chat—and accidentally included The Atlantic’s editor in chief, @jeffreygoldberg.bsky.social. theatln.tc/AmsjsuT6

This Is Not Justice A Philadelphia teenager and the empty promise of the Sixth Amendment

One year ago today, the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office formally exonerated C. J. Rice. He had spent more than a decade in prison. Read @jaketapper.bsky.social's original @theatlantic.com story, which set Rice's exoneration in motion:

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Working on the Railroad Changed My Life Nothing I had done before could match the sense of accomplishment and sheer exhilaration.

Decades ago, middle-class Canadian families would send their sons out West to work on the railroad.

Graydon Carter was one of these young men—and the time he spent working on the railroad changed the course of his life:

Who Counts as a Hillbilly—And Who Gets to Decide? Appalachia exists as much in myth as in literal geography.

Is J.D. Vance *actually* Appalachian? And does it matter? For @theatlantic.com, I tried to find out:

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Who Counts as a Hillbilly—And Who Gets to Decide? Appalachia exists as much in myth as in literal geography.

The debate over J. D. Vance’s Appalachian roots uncovers the region’s complicated history, Andrew Aoyama writes in Time-Travel Thursday: theatln.tc/L7gOlfN3

In The Atlantic’s April cover story, James Murdoch, the exiled scion, speaks with @mckaycoppins.bsky.social about his father’s “twisted” actions, the bitter divide within his family, and the battle over the future of conservative media. theatln.tc/R3sUcBEc

Growing Up Murdoch James Murdoch on mind games, sibling rivalry, and the war for the family media empire

In The Atlantic’s April cover story, James Murdoch, the exiled scion, speaks with @mckaycoppins.bsky.social about his father’s “twisted” actions, the bitter divide within his family, and the battle over the future of conservative media.

Shipwrecked in the Amazon Photographs of the worst drought in the river basin’s recorded history

In 2024, the Amazon experienced its worst drought in recorded history, Alex Cuadros writes. For the many residents who live on the water, it left them effectively shipwrecked:

The Hawaiians Who Want Their Nation Back In 1893, a U.S.-backed coup overthrew the Islands’ sovereign government. What does America owe Hawai‘i now?

I’ve been thinking about this story for a long, long time. I hope you will read it. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

The Road Dogs of the American West Survivalists, drifters, and divorceés across a resurgent wilderness

For more than a decade, the photographer Bryan Schutmaat traveled across the American West, photographing the environment and the “road dogs” he met along the way. His portraits challenge the region’s mythology, @andrewaoyama.bsky.social writes: