For all Americans who are going to be suddenly interested in Iran in the coming days, learn a bit of history about what the US did in Iran in 1953. We consider it ancient history, if we remember it at all. But Iranians have never forgotten.
Farah Stockman
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Farah Stockman
@fstockman
I'm a member of the New York Times editorial board. My book, "American Made," is about work and one root cause of our political crisis.
Boston/New York
Joined June 2009
- My heart is breaking for Afghanistan. But let's not forget: Kabul has been rocked by explosions and unacceptably violent attacks for many years. If you think the past 15 years has been relatively peaceful there, you weren't paying attention.
- Norway's Prime Minister: Most threats to democracy come from within.
- In 2017, Lee Carter made us wonder: What happens when a dues-paying Democratic Socialist gets elected to #Virginia's house of delegates? Now we know the answer. He gets re-elected. My piece about @carterforva's first year in office: nytimes.com/2019/01/16/us/… #DSAYou’re unable to view this Post because this account owner limits who can view their Posts. Learn morenytimes.comHow One Socialist Lawmaker Is Trying to Change His State’s Pro-Business Policies (Published 2019)In Virginia, where Republicans and Democrats have embraced pro-business policies, Lee Carter, a socialist delegate, is fighting to change the status quo.
- I spent 7 months following steelworkers whose jobs are moving to #Mexico. Here's what I learned: nyti.ms/2z6Tai1
- Andrew Yang *might* be the Democratic candidate mostly likely to peel away Trump voters. He talks about Rust Belt issues and doesn't have the same baggage of support for free trade deals, etc. that other candidates have.Andrew Yang's UBI plan could distribute purchasing power back to left-behind rural and post-industrial communities. It's a civic benefit, not an entitlement program. It might not - *might* not - be so far off from conservatism. theamericanconservative.com/articles/unive…
- .@AndrewYang put artificial intelligence in the same list of human threats as climate change and nuclear war.
- James Bennet has resigned as editorial page editor of the NYT. I will always remember him as the editor who gave Ta-Nehisi Coates the space to write the groundbreaking Case for Reparations. tinyurl.com/y6j2pskl when few would entertain the idea. That's the James Bennet I know.
- Replying to @fstockmaneven most MEN In Afghanistan don't get to choose their own spouses. Their parents do, as I noted this summer. Americans would be much more successful in their efforts to change/liberate/occupy a place if they actually took the time to understand it
- Replying to @fstockmanAnother thing people should know: the liberal order that folks are talking about -- of women working, choosing their spouses, etc. -- simply did not exist for millions of ordinary people even under the US-led occupation. I have been to Gardez, Kandahar, Jalalabad.
- Replying to @fstockmanI was always the only woman on the street. The only place outside Kabul that I saw lots of women driving, shopping, working was Herat, where many Afghans had been refugees in Iran, a more liberal place than Pashtun parts of Afghanistan. Americans seem oblivious to the fact that
- A couple of years ago, my sister, who follows black social media more closely than I do, asked me what I thought of #ADOS. “What’s that?” I asked.
- My latest piece is about a photographer who's spent the last 4 months with "black bloc" anarchists in Denver, Portland, Seattle, Tulsa, Rochester and DC. He joined them to better understand who was setting fires/looting outside racial justice protests. tinyurl.com/y777xj2u
- Thank u #OldNavy for showing the reality of my family in your ads. Mom, dad, sister and me, circa 1974 @McCainJack
