How the News Media Created the Alt-Right
“An endless stream of incendiary drivel will never materialize into a proper political movement without a mascot.”...
TrumpA collection of 18 posts
This Week in Conspiracy Theories and Corruption
Any clout Trump won during his congressional address last Tuesday — when he was applauded like a toddler would be for learning how to walk for finally appearing “presidential” (definition: “able to string two words together into a vaguely coherent…...
Weekly Roundup: Black History Month Under Trump
Never forget that our current president was endorsed by the KKK....
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 issue....
What Does It Mean to Be a Journalist in the Age of Trump?
You’ve probably read more than a few introspective op-eds from the media industry during the past year — in part because of our political situation and in part because of the way that digital journalism is constantly remaking the industry....
Are We Living in the End Times?
It’s 2016, and there are “evil clown sightings” happening in random cities across the Eastern Seaboard....