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Behind the Byline With Adam Serwer

Learn more about Adam Serwer, a staff writer who covers politics, and how he approaches his work.
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In our series “Behind the Byline,” we’re chatting with Atlantic staffers to learn more about who they are and how they approach their work. Adam Serwer is a staff writer on the Ideas desk who focuses on politics, race, and citizenship.

This interview has been lightly edited and condensed.

Nesima Aberra: How would you describe your beat?

I would say that for the past few years my beat has been race and citizenship. I guess that's a weird, abstract idea, but I think it’s not something that would exist, if not for what has been an assault on the very concept of multiracial democracy by the current occupant of the White House. I think it wouldn’t really exist, absent the historical circumstances

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