Wikipedia's first sentence called it “senior editor for politics at the atlantic”. Today it says “american historian and journalist”.
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The opening as it read in 2015
Yoni Appelbaum is Senior Editor for politics at The Atlantic .1 Appelbaum was previously a columnist for the Atlantic. Appelbaum holds the A.B. from Columbia University , and the Ph.D. in history from Brandeis University . Before moving to The Atlantic, Appelbaum taught at Harvard University . Appelbaum's academic work focused on what he has jokingly called the, "guilded age," the associative republicanism of the late 19th century, an era when mass-membership organizations like the Knights of Pythias , Chicago Lumber Exchange, and the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union were central to national politics. Chronicle of Higher Education .2
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The opening as it stood in 2020 4 passages from the previous snapshot no longer appear
Yoni Appelbaum , an American historian and journalist, is Senior Editor for politics at The Atlantic . Appelbaum was previously a columnist for the publication.
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
American historian and journalist Yoni Appelbaum , an American historian and journalist, is Senior Editor for politics at The Atlantic . Appelbaum was previously a columnist for the publication.
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The opening as it stood in 2025
American historian and journalist Yoni Appelbaum (born 1979 or 1980 ) an American historian and journalist, is Senior Editor for politics at The Atlantic . Appelbaum was previously a columnist for the publication.
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Today
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “senior editor for politics at the atlantic”. Today it says “american historian and journalist”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then
senior editor for politics at the atlantic
Now
american historian and journalist
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