Jeff Sharlet explores hate and Trumpism in America.
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The Eighth Wonder of the World*
“In exchange for billions in tax subsidies, Foxconn was supposed to build an enormous LCD factory in the tiny village of Mount Pleasant, creating 13,000 jobs.” The Verge investigates the empty promises (and empty buildings) of “Wisconn Valley.”
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Feature, Nonfiction, Story
My Brown Dad Voted for Trump
Anjoli Roy struggles to understand the conservative father she dearly loves.
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1000 Days of Trump
Where do we start? How long do you have?
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Shithole Country Clubs
Nina Sharma wrestles with her father’s support of Donald Trump, his membership at Trump National Golf Club Bedminster near her family’s home in New Jersey, and his suggestion that she hold her Afro-Indian wedding there.
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The American Way
A Chinese painter explores the US-Mexico border and discovers the reality of the border crisis.
Posted inHighlight, Nonfiction, Quotes
Fox & Friends in High Places
Trump’s friends are like family. And Trump hires his family.
Posted inArts & Culture, Nonfiction, Profiles & Interviews, Quote Posts, Quotes
Bruce Springsteen: Sadness, Love, Madness, and Soul
“All you needed to do,” Springsteen says, “was to risk being your true self.” We ignore our demons at our peril.
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Trump Engaged in Suspect Tax Schemes as He Reaped Riches From His Father
A ground-breaking investigation into the potentially illegal financial schemes, tax evasions, and grandiose lies employed by Fred Trump and his son, Donald J. Trump, designed to create the illusion of the president as a self-made billionaire, and to falsely raise and lower the values of their holdings as needed to make money, and hide it.
Posted inBlog Post, Commentary, Unapologetic Women
The Manipulative Power of ‘You Understand’
A reminder, courtesy of Pussy Riot’s Nadya Tolokonnikova.