“In his campaign for the presidency, Donald Trump regularly tied America’s problems to others”
The president-elect earned the votes of a majority of white people while running a...
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“One of the sillier aspects of postelection analysis is the notion that any one factor determined the result…”
One of the sillier aspects of postelection analysis is the notion that any one...
“…if race becomes an irreducible category in politics, rather than being incorporated into universal claims of justice, it’s a weapon that can be picked up and used by anyone”
I recently spoke with the social scientist Glenn Loury, who teaches at Brown University....
“One of the first observations the checkers made about Trump is that he doesn’t care when his statements are shown to have no basis in fact”
Trump was not trying to make reference to reality in what he said to...
“Those who play the identity game should be prepared to lose it”
The media’s newfound, almost anthropological, interest in the angry white male reveals as much...
“For tens of millions of Americans, Trump was unthinkable as President”
For tens of millions of Americans, Trump was unthinkable as President. It came to...
“…for Bannon, and many on the Trumpian right, the crucial political divide in today’s world is between internationalists (who they call “globalists”) and nationalists”
…for Bannon, and many on the Trumpian right, the crucial political divide in today’s...
“…conservatives with big microphones taught their listeners not to believe what is reported in the mainstream media…”
…while conservatives with big microphones taught their listeners not to believe what is reported...
“Bannon and the Trumpian right have discovered what Jews have known for a century: That Zionism is built, in part, on the rejection of Diaspora Jewish identity”
Bannon and the Trumpian right have discovered what Jews have known for a century:...
“…the point of the saloon was never the lager. It was the shared institution. Today it often feels as if the only shared spaces are big-box checkout lines and fast-food parking lots”
Neither work nor unions nor “decent homes” seem stable anymore. And older social institutions...