Search Results for: The Nation

White Nationalists See Trump as Their Troll in Chief. Is He With Them?

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An examination of the racist extremist movements capitalizing on Trump’s victory.

Source: Mother Jones
Published: Nov 23, 2016
Length: 24 minutes (6,204 words)

Meet The White Nationalist Trying To Ride The Trump Train To Lasting Power

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Alt-right founder Richard Spencer aims to make racism cool again.

Source: Mother Jones
Published: Oct 27, 2016
Length: 20 minutes (5,219 words)

Irrigation Nation

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How an esoteric piece of farm equipment created America’s breadbasket — and threatens to destroy it.

Published: Sep 17, 2016
Length: 15 minutes (3,989 words)

A Nation Struggles to Find Common Ground

I can do nothing more than share this with you and pray that saner minds will prevail. This is beyond right and wrong; it’s about the principles we hold dear in this democracy. Recently a “friend” — whose face I’ve obscured to protect his privacy and right to free speech, however vile — posted this on Facebook: Read more…

A Reading List of International Nonfiction Comics

Below is a guest reading list from Daniel A. Gross, a journalist and public radio producer who lives in Boston.

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Comic books bridge continents. Superman spin-offs are a hit in China; Japanese manga trickled into American culture through Frank Miller’s Ronin and even the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. The Adventures of Tintin was translated from French into more than 50 languages. Alongside the superhero franchises and funny pages, a thriving genre of nonfiction comics has created new audiences and new appreciation for everything from war reporting to memoir. Here are five modern classics whose intricate illustrations have shaped the form.

1. Joe Sacco, “The Fixer and Other Stories”

The Fixer is a war story set in peacetime. In 2001, Joe Sacco traveled to Sarajevo, hoping to find the interpreter who’d helped him during the Yugoslav Wars. By this time, correspondents had cleared out and soldiers had become civilians. Memories of atrocity were starting to slip beneath the surface—but Sacco’s book excavates them. During one flashback, Sacco portrays his wartime arrival to Sarajevo, and it’s styled like film noir: hulking architecture, empty streets, long shadows. In a surreal scene at the Holiday Inn, the concierge points to the hotel on a city map. “This is the front line,” she says. “Don’t ever walk here.” Then, in the lobby, Sacco meets his fixer. Read more…