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Portrait of Emily Bazelon

Emily Bazelon

Emily Bazelon is a staff writer at The New York Times Magazine and is the Truman Capote Fellow for Creative Writing and Law at Yale Law School. She is also the author of the national best-seller “Sticks and Stones: Defeating the Culture of Bullying and Rediscovering the Power of Character and Empathy” and a co-host of Slate’s “Political Gabfest,” a weekly podcast.

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  1. Flaws in Census Count Imperil Trump Plan to Exclude Undocumented Immigrants

    More problems arise as the Census Bureau rushes to compile information needed for apportionment before President Trump leaves office.

    By Michael Wines and Emily Bazelon

  2. Why Inmates Should Be at the Front of the Vaccination Lines

    The coronavirus spreads in prisons and then finds its way outside to infect others.

    By Emily Bazelon

  3. Census data won’t be ready before Trump’s term ends, upending his plan to exclude unauthorized immigrants.

    By Michael Wines and Emily Bazelon

  4. Census Officials Say They Can’t Meet Trump’s Deadline for Population Count

    Officials have concluded the Census Bureau won’t have data on time to carry out the administration’s goal of stripping unauthorized immigrants from population totals for apportionment.

    By Michael Wines and Emily Bazelon

  5. Trump Is Not Doing Well With His Election Lawsuits. Here’s a Rundown.

    The president has suffered a string of defeats in pursuing legal action seeking to delay certification of his loss to President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr.

    By Emily Bazelon

  6. Democracy Worked This Year. But It Is Under Threat.

    America’s pandemic election was a remarkable, unlikely feat — conducted under assault from its president.

    By Emily Bazelon and Philip Montgomery

  7. Inside the Race to Count Absentee Ballots Early

    About 50 million Americans have already voted by mail. Here’s what processing those ballots looks like in a crucial swing state.

    By Dina Litovsky and Emily Bazelon

  8. The Supreme Court Is Picking a Fight It Is Destined to Lose

    The elected branches won’t hesitate to put the court in its place.

    By Emily Bazelon

  9. The Problem of Free Speech in an Age of Disinformation

    How a torrent of propaganda, lies and conspiracy theories has weaponized the First Amendment.

    By Emily Bazelon

  10. Why Ruth Bader Ginsburg Refused to Step Down

    She could have had President Obama nominate her successor. But she didn’t get to the Supreme Court by letting other people tell her what she could do.

    By Emily Bazelon