Yoni Appelbaum
@yappelbaum.bsky.social
Deputy Executive Editor, The Atlantic. Author of "Stuck: How the Privileged and the Propertied Broke the Engine of American Opportunity." https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/700580/stuck-by-yoni-appelbaum/
For the 250th anniversary, the Latest Politics Weekly America is a conversation with @yappelbaum.bsky.social on how the US remembers its own history: what stories get told and what gets forgotten open.spotify.com/episode/25Kw...
Trump hijacks America at 250 celebrations
Politics Weekly America · Episode
open.spotify.com
Really enjoyed this conversation!
Shane Phillips@shanedphillips.bsky.social · 2mo agoThe last episode of the UCLA Housing Voice podcast book club on Stuck is out today! @yappelbaum.bsky.social joins us to walk through the remainder of the book, reflect on what he learned, and answer questions from me, @stano.bsky.social, and listeners. lewis.ucla.edu/2026/06/01/1...
The Atlantic congratulates our staff writer @matteowong.bsky.social for winning an ASME NEXT Award for Journalists Under 30. You can find his work here: theatln.tc/cemLUEPg
Ben Hickey has won the National Magazine Award for Best Still and Animated Illustration for his work on “America’s Mad King,” by Peter Wehner. See the art and read the story: theatln.tc/KTXr5P3P
The Atlantic has won the 2026 National Magazine Award for Single-Topic Issue for “The Unfinished Revolution.” Explore the issue here: theatln.tc/jdKNXM3B
Part 2 of our book club on Stuck is out today, with Giselle Hale of Abundance Network as our guest. This one was a lot of fun, covering some of the most interesting chapters of the book (IMO). Last episode with @yappelbaum.bsky.social is in two weeks! lewis.ucla.edu/2026/05/18/1...
Episode 114: ‘Stuck’ Book Club pt. 2 with Giselle Hale - UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies
Part 2 of our book club series on Yoni Appelbaum's 'Stuck', covering chapters 5–8. We're joined by Giselle Hale of the Abundance Network.
lewis.ucla.edu
We're very excited to (finally) share the first entry in our three-part series on Yoni Appelbaum's book, Stuck. @stano.bsky.social is my co-host, and our guest for this episode is California Attorney General @robbonta.bsky.social to talk housing immigration law. lewis.ucla.edu/2026/05/04/1...
Episode 112: 'Stuck' Book Club pt. 1 with Attorney General Rob Bonta - UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies
Part 1 of our book club series on Yoni Appelbaum's 'Stuck', covering chapters 1-4. We're joined by California Attorney General Rob Bonta.
lewis.ucla.edu
Grateful to @velshi.com for devoting a segment of this length and sophistication to the message of "Stuck" www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0UQ...
If you don’t know the story of Hang Kie and Modesto’s legalization of racial segregation through the racially neutral mechanism of zoning, it’s one of the great untold American civil rights stories.
The American Dream has always been widespread access to opportunity. Without plentiful housing in high opportunity cities, the American Dream dies.
Yoni Appelbaum@yappelbaum.bsky.social · 5mo ago1. Take a look at this chart. That black line? Technically, it's the decline in the percentage of Americans who move each year—from about one in five to less than one in thirteen. But it's more than that. You're looking at the decline of the American dream.
1. Take a look at this chart. That black line? Technically, it's the decline in the percentage of Americans who move each year—from about one in five to less than one in thirteen. But it's more than that. You're looking at the decline of the American dream.
#Stuck by @YoniApplebaum important book that examines, among other things, #affordablehousing via how the privileged and the propertied broke the engine of American opportunity - out in paperback this month. https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2025/03/book-excerpt-from-stuck-by-yoni-appelbaum/
“The Gilded Age saw an eruption of scandal and corruption that accompanied and even enabled the transformation of the American economy alongside explosive changes in technology,” Walter Russell Mead argues. “Trump’s Washington looks like the Gilded Age on steroids.”
The Rise of the Tech Hamiltonians
The political coalition that has formed under Trump’s banner has the potential to reshape American politics.
bit.ly
NEW: “I mean, is this a Fort Sumter?” Tim Walz asked @isaacstanleybecker.bsky.social today. “It’s a physical assault,” Walz told him. “It’s an armed force that’s assaulting, that’s killing my constituents, my citizens.” www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
BREAKING: The Border Patrol's Greg Bovino has been ousted from his role of "Commander at Large"—and Kristi Noem and Corey Lewandowski could be next to lose their jobs, sources tell @nickmiroff.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
I gave you guys a whole year to solve America's mobility crisis—restoring the chance for Americans to pursue opportunity and choose their own communities—but you've left me with no choice but to publish "Stuck" in paperback.
Can money buy a president love? Trump seems determined to find out, perhaps as early as tonight: www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
$1,776 Checks for the Military
The president is considering bonuses for many service members.
theatlantic.com
Reminder: Mayor Alyia Gaskins will join journalist and author Yoni Appelbaum for a public forum on housing affordability and zoning reform tonight at the Lyceum.
Mayor Gaskins, Atlantic editor to discuss housing affordability at Lyceum
Free event to explore zoning, discrimination and housing policy
alexandriabrief.com
"The Pentagon’s top watchdog has concluded that the information Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared in the chat could have put the mission, U.S. personnel, and national security at risk had it fallen into the wrong hands." Detailed, exclusive reporting: www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
Hegseth Risked Endangering Troops With Signal Messages
An inspector general report finds that the defense secretary violated his department’s policies.
theatlantic.com
There's something uniquely satisfying about kind words from a writer whose own books you've enjoyed. Thanks to @vermontgmg.bsky.social for including me on this list: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/my-favorit...
Related: This is a great section from the book “Stuck” about how new homes kept getting new features at breakneck speed, and they all *made life easier*:
👀 @alyia4alx.com and @yappelbaum.bsky.social will discuss Zoning for Justice and Affordability, hosted by @homeofva.bsky.social at the Lyceum in Old Town Mon. 12/8, 6:30 - 8:00pm Event is free but space is limited: homeofva.org/events/lets-...
Let's Talk About Housing: Zoning for Justice and Affordability - HOME of VA
We'll examine how exclusionary zoning laws artificially constrain housing supply, driving up costs and perpetuatingsegregation. Our panel, including Yoni Applebaum, journalist and deputy executive edi...
homeofva.org
BREAKING: Mark Wolf, appointed to the federal bench by Ronald Reagan, writes that he is resigning as a judge to have the freedom to speak out against the president's assault on the rule of law. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
We published our 100th episode! Listen for some fun lore about the Housing Voice hosts, answers to listener questions, and the announcement that we'll be reading Stuck for our first book club, with author Yoni Appelbaum joining us for the last episode in that short series.
UCLA Lewis Center@uclalewiscenter.bsky.social · 10mo agoThis week on #UCLAHousingVoice, we're celebrating 100 episodes!! The hosts reminiscence on their favorite episodes (like @shanedphillips.bsky.social 1st pick) and answer listener questions. Also, we have updates on our book club! As always, thanks for listening! 🎧 www.lewis.ucla.edu/2025/10/22/1...
"Some of the critics seems to view the artificial costs of mobility as an argument against mobility, when removing those artificial costs is the whole point of the book." Further thoughts on @yappelbaum.bsky.social's "Stuck," and against localism as an ideology:
Localism Must Not Be an Ideology of Soil
A critique of the localist critique of Yoni Appelbaum’s “Stuck”
thedeletedscenes.substack.com
One of the most interesting things in @yappelbaum.bsky.social's Stuck, is the idea that people join groups most when they can live where they want.
