Atossa Abrahamian
Journalist. Author of The Cosmopolites, an investigation into the sale of citizenship. Formerly & . Open DMs.
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Excuse Me, Ms.!
The Nation 12d 1 tweets
Confused about Latinx, alumnx, even mxn? Fear not: inclusive language has been evolving for decades. 
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Atossa Abrahamian Great new column on language and gender by 12d
Why Glenn Greenwald's Prosecution Is An Outrage
The Nation 27d 5 tweets
Advocacy groups say attacks on the press are on the rise—particularly in Bolsonaro's Brazil
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Atossa Abrahamian Why Glenn Greenwald’s Prosecution Is An Outrage 's first byline! 27d
How Forced Labor in Eritrea Is Linked to E.U.-Funded Projects
Nytimes.com 42d 9 tweets
As it aims to stem the flow of migrants from Africa and bring about change in a dictatorship, the European Union is spending millions on projects built by people in forced conscription.
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Atossa Abrahamian it's 2020! time to stop using expressions like "stem the flow of migrants" to describe humans moving to another country. i know dek space is limited but come on! 41d
Symposium: Katha Pollitt
Dissent Magazine - Dissent Magazine 41d 1 tweets
I want to focus on the question of patriotism. If an American child and a Peruvian child were drowning, would you rush to save the American child first? If you were in charge of feeding an international crowd of travelers …
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Atossa Abrahamian Always worth (re)reading this essay about patriotism in , but it's especially pertinent now 41d
Don’t Tilt Scales Against Trump, Facebook Executive Warns
Kevin Roose, Sheera Frenkel - Nytimes.com 42d 17 tweets
In an internal memo, Andrew Bosworth said he “desperately” wanted the president to lose. But, he said, the company should avoid hurting Mr. Trump’s campaign.
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Atossa Abrahamian lol what? cc 42d
A Realist’s Guide to Progressive Giving
The Nation 60d 2 tweets
Your tax dollars end up doing a lot of harm. Here’s a way to offset the damage.
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Atossa Abrahamian Charities even grumpy cat can get behind! By ⁦⁩ 60d
RIP, World Trade Organization?
The Nation 71d 2 tweets
The U.S. was hostile to the WTO for years. Then came Donald Trump.
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Atossa Abrahamian The WTO has been withering for years, and on Wednesday, it will open its doors shorn of its most significant powers. Read on what what the right—and the left—did wrong 71d
The Politics of Abortion Is Entering a New Era
The Nation 77d 7 tweets
The Supreme Court won’t protect abortion access anymore. But thousands of activists will.
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Atossa Abrahamian You can read Emily's introduction, and find links to the incredible stories she commissioned by , , , , , and , here 77d
20 Years After Seattle, the Clash of Globalizations Rages On
The Nation 81d 5 tweets
Alter-globalization is back— but this time, it’s coming from both the left and the right.
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Atossa Abrahamian “We are not witnessing a battle between globalists and nationalists but—as in 1999—a clash of differing concepts of globalization.” Awesome column by ⁦⁩ (+throwback playlist by moi) 80d
London ballroom hosts showcase event for 'golden passports'
Rupert Neate - the Guardian 95d 7 tweets
Three PMs attend marketing sales event on how wealthy can snap up EU citizenship for $100,000
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Atossa Abrahamian I've been to loads of these passport conferences since 2011 and they get weirder and more flashy every year 94d
Event Registration
NYU Center for the Humanities 370d 3 tweets
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Atossa Abrahamian Save the date for 's book launch at NYU! (and register because this will fill up!) 95d
Bloomberg - Are you a robot?
Bloomberg.com 97d 7 tweets
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Atossa Abrahamian a different take on svalbard! very cool photos 97d
The Happy, Healthy Capitalists of Switzerland
Nytimes.com 108d 9 tweets
Forget Scandinavia. Switzerland is richer and yet has a surprisingly equal wealth distribution.
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Atossa Abrahamian This article is right that quality of life in Switzerland is excellent. But it ignores how the national business model relies largely on the fact that there can only be one country like it. 108d
How Jho Low Opened Offshore Bank Accounts in the Comoros
The Intercept 115d 2 tweets
Before he was a fugitive, Jho Low's close relationship to a Kuwaiti royal helped grease his way into a bank on a tiny island in the Indian Ocean.
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Atossa Abrahamian Excited to break a small but significant (I think!) wrinkle in the 1MDB saga: how a Kuwaiti royal helped Jho Low and his associates park money in a Comoros Islands bank 115d
The Future of Political Philosophy
Boston Review 154d 26 tweets
For five decades Anglophone political philosophy has been dominated by the liberal egalitarianism of John Rawls. With liberalism in crisis, have these ideas outlived their time?
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Atossa Abrahamian A thought-provoking preview from 's forthcoming book on John Rawls and liberalism 153d
How the global battle for the Arctic became the new Cold War
Newstatesman.com 174d 2 tweets
In 2016 North Korea became a signatory to a century-old agreement governing Svalbard, a smattering of frozen fjords, glaciers and islands in the High Arctic. The Svalbard Treaty of 1920 is an unusual document: it recognises Norwegian sovereignty...
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Atossa Abrahamian My new column on Greenland—but also North Korea, Singapore and Luxembourg—for 174d
Pop-Up Populism: The Failure of Left-Wing Nationalism in Germany
Dissent Magazine - Dissent Magazine 225d 5 tweets
Aufstehen’s leaders insisted that their movement was not defined by its opposition to migrants. But their consistent tack was to recast migrants as either pawns in the game of finance capital or as the phony poster children of misguided urban...
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Atossa Abrahamian This article on the emerging German anti-migrant left (er, “left”) by and is punchy and smart as fuck 190d
The Science of Sleaze
The Nation 190d 7 tweets
Jeffrey Epstein’s scientist “friends” should have known better than to associate with a crackpot transhumanist.
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Atossa Abrahamian The Science of Sleaze by 190d
Open Borders in Svalbard!
Alex Tabarrok - Marginal REVOLUTION 195d 1 tweets
Well north of Iceland there is a island archipelago that is governed by Norway but because of a peculiar treaty it has entirely open borders: When you land in Longyearbyen, the largest settlement in the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard, you can...
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Atossa Abrahamian Love the extremely nerdy discussion about Svalbard's laws on Marginal Revolution - thanks to for the link! 195d
The Dream of Open Borders Is Real—in the High Arctic
The Nation 204d 3 tweets
The Norwegian territory of Svalbard has been open to citizens of the world since 1920. But don’t call it a utopia.
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Atossa Abrahamian What allows the Arctic territory of Svalbard to be Norwegian and also have open borders? Last month, I traveled very, very far north to figure it out 204d
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Atossa Abrahamian Last year, I almost lost my mind applying for a green card. The only cure was to go to Svalbard 203d