“Does he even know about… Let me stop you there. The answer is no.”
Donald Trump
Posted inEditor's Pick
The President of Blank Sucking Nullity
“It is not quite fair to say that Donald Trump lacks core beliefs, but to the extent that we can take apart these beliefs they amount to Give Donald Trump Your Money and Donald Trump Should Really Be on Television More.”
Posted inCurrent Events, Nonfiction
Scaramucci’s Removal Evokes White House Turmoil During the Reagan Years
Anthony Scaramucci resigned after just 10 days as White House communications director. Turns out, he also set a record previously held by a member of Ronald Reagan’s administration.
Posted inArts & Culture, Unapologetic Women
The Gossip Columnist Who Became the News
Liz Smith looks back at her role in the Trump divorce.
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.”