Women’s Marches around the world brought out more than one million protesters.
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The Racist and Sexist T-Shirts of an Inauguration
The racists are not afraid in DC this week. At Trump’s Tody Keith concert, one man wore a t-shirt reading “Blacks Make Racial Slurs & Commit Hate Crimes Too!!”
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‘We Need to Have A Voice In This America, Too’
A gay couple got tickets to the inauguration when they thought Hillary Clinton would win. They decided to come anyway.
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What My Great-Grandfather Taught Me About Trump and the Press
The way Trump treats journalists (and journalism) has no parallel to past presidents.
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Longreads Is Teaming Up with The Stranger to Cover the Inauguration and Protests
We’re teaming up with The Stranger to cover the presidential inauguration and protests in Washington, D.C.
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What We Get Wrong about Hannah Arendt
The lessons we are drawing from her work may not be the one we most need to learn.
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What We Get Wrong about Hannah Arendt
The lessons we are drawing from her work may not be the one we most need to learn.
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Our Favorite Words Of 2016
From akasha to kompromat, a guide to the words we learned in 2016.
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The Great American Housewife Writer: A Shirley Jackson Primer
“Her storytelling is incredibly modern. She is a writer to read right now.”
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Canada, Who Are You?
Canada seemed like the perfect country: scenic, peaceful, friendly, progressive. But the country has its dark sides too.