We asked writers and editors to choose some of their favorite stories of the year in various categories. Here is the best in political writing.
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The Complicated Politics of Rescue and Recovery
The Cajun Navy was an essential part of Hurricane Harvey relief. But like everything else, their efforts became politically complicated.
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TIME Person of the Year 2017: The Silence-Breakers
In a round-up cover story, Time Magazine recognizes various women and a few men in media and other fields who had the courage this year to speak out about the sexual abuse, harassment and discrimination they endured from men in power. Unfortunately, the magazine undermined the impact of naming the “silence-breakers” of the #MeToo moment […]
Posted inArts & Culture, Current Events, Story, Unapologetic Women
The Consent of the (Un)governed
“Freedom” is just another word for being under the thumb of a powerful white man — for now.
Posted inArts & Culture, Current Events, Unapologetic Women
The Consent of the (Un)governed
“Freedom” is just another word for being under the thumb of a powerful white man — for now.
Posted inArts & Culture, Current Events, Essays & Criticism, Quotes, Unapologetic Women, Writing
Brit Bennett Reflects on Living the Past Year in “Trump Time”
How the whiplash-like event of Trump following the nation’s first black president has “compressed time.”
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Meditations in an Emergency
In this oral history of the 2016 election, the media loses the narrative thread it had been creating for decades.
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On Safari in Trump’s America
A journey into the next frontier of anthropological tourism: unsuspecting towns in the American “heartland.”
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Amy Tan on Writing and the Secrets of Her Past
Nicole Chung interviews novelist Amy Tan about her parents’ secrets, whether her late father might have voted for Donald Trump, and her new memoir, Where the Past Begins: A Writer’s Memoir.
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Donald Trump’s War On African Women
Under the Global Gag Rule, medical professionals cannot counsel a woman to seek an abortion — even in cases where it will save her life.