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I've read several articles from the Atlantic in the past few days which suggest it is a right-wing publication. (E.g., this one is about reducing government size and citing the far-right IJ organization.) This is odd because I hadn't really identified it that way before. Anyone have info on why this sudden change?

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Probably not related, but I didn't realize until a Wikipedia glance[1] that Laurene Powell Jobs, Steve Jobs's widow, owns The Atlantic. And that she was also an investor/board member of Ozy and co-founder of a previous venture (College Track) with its CEO, Carlos Watson, both of which have, uh, been in the news lately.[2][3]

1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurene_Powell_Jobs

2: https://thehill.com/homenews/media/3873431-ozy-media-head-ca...

3: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/23/business/carlos-watson-oz...

I’m seeing recent featured articles titled “The GOP is just obnoxious,” “Republicans’ 2024 magical thinking,” and “The humiliation of Kevin McCarthy.”

The author of this article, Jerusalem Demsas, is a black woman who writes about institutional failures and progressive issues related to housing in Democrat-leaning cities.

What’s your expectation?

The Atlantic certainly doesn't read as right-wing to me. It does seem however that there's been some more awareness on the left lately of cases where too much red tape can hurt progressive causes. This recent episode of The Ezra Klein Show had a good perspective, I think:

https://nytimes.com/2023/02/07/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-ni...

Over-regulation and NIMBYism are both promoted and opposed mainly on the left, because they mainly affect cities.

I don't think anyone would call Jerusalem Demsas, the author, a right-winger. She writes a lot about gentrification and housing for all.

https://www.theatlantic.com/press-releases/archive/2022/02/j...

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