This Week in the American Flirtation with Fascism
Because even dictators need some love on Valentine’s Day....
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This Week in the Fight for a #CalExit
It’s not a joke anymore....
#DeleteUberEATS: Confessions of a Virtual Waitress
How the gradual disappearance of the food server is changing the foodservice industry...
Trump Threatened to Take Away UC Berkeley’s Federal Funding. Can He Do That?
We asked a public-policy expert if that was even possible....
Photos: Berkeley Protest Against White-Supremacist Milo Yiannopoulos
Alt-right provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos’s scheduled appearance at the UC Berkeley Student Union was canceled after campus protests turned violent....
This Week in Our Budding Dystopia
The Week in Review, 1/26–2/2...
Here’s Why You Shouldn’t Worry About Losing Your Obamacare Plan*
*Assuming you live in a blue state and don’t have a uterus...
How to Explain Trump in One Ugly Sentence
As a politics writer, I often get texts from friends asking me to explain this or that political or social...
What Does It Mean to Be a Journalist in the Age of Trump?
“Every journalist, no matter the beat, covers politics now.” — Sarah Frier Dear Reader, You’ve probably read more than a...
This Week in the Resistance
Updates from the Rebel Alliance...
The Resistance Has Arrived: My Experience at the Women’s March in Washington, DC
I don’t usually consider gas stations to be feminist spaces. They tend to be grimy; the fluorescent lighting is...
Portraits from the San Francisco Women’s March
Saturday’s Women’s March in San Francisco saw 100,000 people gather from all walks of life marching in...