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September 24, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Trump Threatens Flights to Pennsylvania in Weird Anti-Immigrant Rant
Donald Trump has a bonkers new plan to halt immigration.
June 18, 2024
Hafiz Rashid
Josh Hawley Unfortunately Makes a Point on Boeing’s Shady CEO
The worst person you know did a good job grilling Boeing’s CEO in a congressional hearing.
January 15, 2024
Kate Aronoff
Carbon Offsets (Taylor’s Version)
The pop star’s use of hazily defined offsets to deflect criticism perfectly illustrates how the offsets market works in practice.
November 8, 2023
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The Politics of Everything
What’s Causing Those Airline Close Calls?
Reports of near-miss incidents at airports are growing more frequent—as the passenger experience itself becomes ever more unpleasant. Decades after deregulation, is the system at a breaking point?
July 25, 2023
Jacob Bacharach
The Historian Who Lost Her Memory of a Hijacking
At 12 years old, Martha Hodes was on board a hijacked plane and was taken hostage for a week. How did she forget much of the experience?
December 27, 2022
Tori Otten
The Deep Roots of Southwest Airlines’s Winter-Weather Meltdown
The carrier’s holiday-season omnishambles can't be completely attributed to the snow.
April 11, 2020
Kate Aronoff
An Airline Bailout Should Have More Strings Attached Than a Harp
The industry was a hot mess before the coronavirus. Cash plus more deregulation will only make it worse.
November 12, 2019
Eleanor Cummins
The Quickest Way to Reduce Airplane Emissions
Jet fuel isn't taxed on international trips. Maybe it's time to change that, seeing as the rule was decided in 1944.
November 22, 2013
Michael Schaffer
The Most Annoying Thing About Cellphones on Airplanes
It's not overhearing conversations. It's listening to people complain about overhearing conversations.
November 13, 2013
Jennifer Kirby
Two Maps That Show How Big the US Airways–American Merger Is
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