Liz Smith looks back at her role in the Trump divorce.
Donald Trump
Posted inBlog Post, Current Events
A Close Reading of Ryan Lizza’s Phone Call from Anthony Scaramucci
Oh, my god.
Posted inBlog Post, Current Events, Reading List
A Transgender-Military Reading List
Thousands of people in the U.S.’s all-volunteer military are transgender.
Posted inCurrent Events, Quotes
The Colorblind Whitewashers of American History
Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw offers a sharp rebuke to those who would declare our country “post-racial.”
Posted inBlog Post
But His Emails: The Evolving Story of Donald Trump, Jr.’s Russia Meeting
A close reading of this whole Don Jr.-Russia situation.
Posted inEditor's Pick
A Legal Journalist on the “Surreal” Experience of Becoming a U.S. Citizen Under Trump
Sarah Jeong has spent the past several months covering Trump’s travel ban… while officially becoming an American citizen.
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes
New York in the 1970s Gave Us Hip Hop, Madonna, and the Chip on Trump’s Shoulder
“You bang your head against the wall to try to get some nice buildings up, and what happens? Everybody comes after you.”
Posted inEditor's Pick
How Gotham Gave Us Trump
New York’s tumultuous `70s and `80s taught Donald Trump about the power of the politics of fear — and very little about what makes cities work.
Posted inStory
Two-And-a-Half Minutes to Midnight: Our Fear of Nukes and How We Got Here
Our fear of nuclear conflict has more to do with Iron Man and Godzilla than it does Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un.
Posted inBlog Post, Current Events
Where Have All The White House Press Briefings Gone?
Trump’s White House is gradually eroding the tradition of daily press briefings.