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Benjamin Wallace-Wells

Benjamin Wallace-Wells began contributing to The New Yorker in 2006 and joined the magazine as a staff writer in 2015. He writes about American politics and society.

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Benjamin Wallace-Wells on how Trump’s rant about diversity initiatives after the horrific plane crash in the Potomac were of a piece with his Administration’s messy attempt to freeze federal programs.