A year after they elected Trump, residents of a town in western Pennsylvania say they continue to support the President even though he hasn’t made good on all his big promises.
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An Urban Planner Against the Developer Presidency
An urban planner examines the worldview of high-stakes commercial real estate developers, with a special focus on our new developer-in-chief.
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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.
Posted inBooks, Current Events, Nonfiction, Story
The RNC, Revisited
Last year, when Jared Yates Sexton went to Cleveland, the ugliness he saw there was a harbinger of much to come.
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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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Rigged: How Voter Suppression Threw Wisconsin to Trump
Ari Berman investigates how increasingly restrictive voting laws in states like Wisconsin had an impact on the 2016 presidential election — and most likely tipped it in favor of Donald Trump.
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The Danger of President Pence
A deep dive into the political rise of Mike Pence and what some fear may happen if he were to ever to become President.
Posted inBusiness & Tech, History, Nonfiction
My Journey to the Heart of the FOIA Request
Fifty years ago, the Freedom of Information Act gave the public access to government secrets — all you had to do was ask. How a simple request became a bureaucratic nightmare.
Posted inBusiness & Tech, History, Nonfiction, Story
My Journey to the Heart of the FOIA Request
Fifty years ago, the Freedom of Information Act gave the public access to government secrets — all you had to do was ask. How a simple request became a bureaucratic nightmare.
Posted inArts & Culture, Current Events, History, Uncategorized
Ta-Nehisi Coates Takes on the Trump Presidency
In an excerpt from his upcoming book on the Obama administration, Coates constructs an incisive look at Donald Trump’s political ascent.