I write about food and other stuff for @theatlantic and my email address is ecushing@theatlantic.com 🌞
Joined March 2009
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Ellen Cushing retweeted
Apr 29
For decades, members of the Women Airforce Service Pilots, who flew planes for the U.S. Army during World War II, lobbied for recognition as service members—but they’re still largely unknown. Today, @elcush will answer questions about them on Reddit: bit.ly/3PbdEmx
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Apr 1
my favorite opera writer @chris_cohen_ wrote about Tristan for @TheAtlantic! gift link!! theatlantic.com/culture/2026…
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Mar 17
for the April issue, I wrote about my grandmother, the forgotten women pilots of World War II, the nature of progress, and snakes: theatlantic.com/magazine/202…
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Ellen Cushing retweeted
Feb 4
Any publication wanting to cover tech in this wild moment would be lucky to have Nitasha
Feb 4
My story on Elon Musk cutting safeguards at xAI is on the front page of today's @washingtonpost. I’m also among 100’s of reporters laid off. I absolutely love(d) my job, my brilliant coworkers & the thrill of reporting at the center of forces upending the world: AI & Silicon Valley’s political power
ALT cover of The Washington Post on Wednesday Feb 4, 2026. Headline on bottom, right: Musk wanted to hook users; his chatbot got more sexual
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Ellen Cushing retweeted
I must point out that Caroline is not just the Amazon beat reporter, but a truly brilliant, award-winning investigative journalist who has been covering big tech and labor for years with empathy, fairness, and diligence.
Today I was laid off from my job covering Amazon for Jeff Bezos's Washington Post.
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Ellen Cushing retweeted
Today I was laid off from my job covering Amazon for Jeff Bezos's Washington Post.
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Ellen Cushing retweeted
Feb 4
My story on Elon Musk cutting safeguards at xAI is on the front page of today's @washingtonpost. I’m also among 100’s of reporters laid off. I absolutely love(d) my job, my brilliant coworkers & the thrill of reporting at the center of forces upending the world: AI & Silicon Valley’s political power
ALT cover of The Washington Post on Wednesday Feb 4, 2026. Headline on bottom, right: Musk wanted to hook users; his chatbot got more sexual
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Ellen Cushing retweeted
Jan 15
NYC friends—I am headed your way! On Jan 29, @elcush and I will be at Scandinavia House to chat about my forthcoming book, Down and Out in Utopia: Unemployment as Moral Education in Norway. It's at 7pm and freeeee. More here:
scandinaviahouse.org/event/d…
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Jan 8
wrote about the fall of sweetgreen/the end of optimism theatlantic.com/culture/2026…
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Ellen Cushing retweeted
15 Dec 2025
Good day to support the @the_herald, the paper that made me a journalist.
These students are working overnight and through grief to cover tragedy on their own campus — with the gunman still at large.
College newspapers are tough businesses. Link here:
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15 Dec 2025
i’ve been so impressed by the student journalists @the_herald who are covering the Brown shooting while under shelter in place and grieving their classmates—
you can donate to their nonprofit newsroom here: secure.lglforms.com/form_eng…
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Ellen Cushing retweeted
7 Nov 2025
this week's episode of everybody's bsuiness is a good one! @mattyglesias on Mamdani, noted Pete Alonso fan @elcush on how delivery is ruining food culture me and @svaneksmith on AI bailouts, layoffs, musk and more! listen subscribe!! bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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29 Oct 2025
More than half of adults under 45 use delivery at least once a week, and 13 percent use it once a day. I wrote about what that means for restaurants, restaurateurs, cities, and food:
theatlantic.com/culture/2025…
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27 Oct 2025
I wrote about what food delivery has done to restaurants — it’s not good!
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Ellen Cushing retweeted
25 Sep 2025
Want to know how to tell if a recession is coming? @elcush's latest:
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