Trump’s immigration policy has exiled tax-paying, working-class people of Mexican descent to limbo in Tijuana.
Donald Trump
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes, Unapologetic Women
Curiosity, Unfettered: Margaret Atwood as the Prophet of Dystopia
Rebecca Mead’s profile in The New Yorker covers the resonance of The Handmaid’s Tale in Donald Trump’s America.
Posted inCurrent Events, Story
The Bitter History of Law and Order in America
It has stifled suffrage, blamed immigrants for chaos, and suppressed civil rights. It’s also how Donald Trump views the entire world.
Posted inArts & Culture, Editor's Pick, Nonfiction
Building In the Shadow of Our Own Destruction
Those who would build enormous structures—skyscrapers, bridges, border walls—should do so with an eye toward their eventual ruin.
Posted inArts & Culture, Nonfiction, Story
Building In the Shadow of Our Own Destruction
Those who would build enormous structures—skyscrapers, bridges, border walls—should do so with an eye toward their eventual ruin.
Posted inCurrent Events, Nonfiction, Quotes
Empathy, Schmempathy.
“Stronger Together,” the Clinton-campaign slogan, sounded more like an invitation to join a food co-op than a call to arms.
Posted inCurrent Events, Nonfiction, Quotes
Who’s Been Seeding the Alt-Right? Follow the Money to Robert Mercer
Jane Mayer profiles hedge fund manager, alt-right supporter, political funder, and Ayn Rand-wannabe Robert Mercer in the New Yorker.
Posted inEditor's Pick
Amazing Disgrace
How did Donald Trump — a thrice-married, biblically illiterate sexual predator — hijack the religious right?
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The Reclusive Hedge Fund Tycoon Behind the Trump Presidency
How Robert Mercer exploited America’s populist insurgency.
Posted inArts & Culture, Essays & Criticism, History
Godwin’s Law, Trump’s Era
“When we use Nazi imagery to describe Trump, nuance is lost.”