Russian-born journalist Keith Gessen breaks down seven theories about Vladimir Putin that have gained traction as a result of a diversion that’s become popular with Americans in the Trump era: Putinology.
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Weighing the Impact of Nationalized Medicine
In Texas Monthly, Michael Hall surveys the Texans whose health has dramatically improved after receiving medical coverage through the Affordable Care Act, and the group who labored to get them enrolled.
Posted inBlog Post, Current Events, Nonfiction
You’re Fired! The Unemployable Trump Administration
The firing of FBI Director James Comey is the latest high-profile firing by the administration. It’s also one of the most troubling.
Posted inBlog Post, History, Nonfiction, Quotes
Greetings from Alabama
“The lesson is simple: populism rises above all other concerns in Alabama.
Posted inBlog Post, Nonfiction
A President in Search of An Enemy
A brief history of the phrase, “enemy of the people.”
Posted inCurrent Events, Nonfiction
Trump Revives a Shameful Tradition: Targeting a Minority Group with Crime Reports
The president’s executive orders and inflammatory rhetoric follow a predictable path.
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Trump Revives a Shameful Tradition: Targeting a Minority Group with Crime Reports
The president’s executive orders and inflammatory rhetoric follow a predictable path.
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The Trump Story Project
Slate is running short stories by contemporary writers based in an imagined “Trump’s America.”
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes
California Defends Itself
Alexander Nazaryan details the many ideological and legal fronts on which California and President Trump clash, and the ways Californians are resisting and preparing for future federal incursions.
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A New Era of Unreality: Stop Making Sense, or How to Write in the Age of Trump
In the Village Voice, Aleksandar Hemon explores the “unreality” of a Trump presidency, likening this era of American history to the start of the war in Bosnia in 1992, and calling for new literature that doesn’t shy away from the conflicts and destruction ahead.