Donald Trump and his White Supremacists
In the early morning of Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2016, Donald J. Trump, a real estate mogul and reality TV personality ...
Opinion
I Believe In America
Last night, at approximately two o’clock in the morning, I saw a scene that I didn’t think was possible. A scene ...
When American Democracy Met American Demagoguery
“The most popular man in a democracy is not the most democratic man,” journalist and cultural critic H.L. Mencken once ...
Why We Must Talk to Trump Supporters
After reading the scores of heartfelt Facebook statuses, calling my parents, venting to my housemates, and seeing my Facebook friends ...
Why We Won’t Talk About War
With less than a week to go until Election Day—and given the collective nausea surrounding the 2016 presidential campaign—it might ...
David Pumpkins Is the Hero America Needs
People can generally agree on one aspect of the world: It is not harmonious. Beyond that, no one agrees on ...
The Importance of Being a Nasty Woman: Samantha Bee in a Dumpster Election
I don’t know where I would be without Samantha Bee, especially in this election. Every Tuesday, I ignore all of ...
The DSM: The World’s Most Authoritative Text
Of everything ever written, few texts have been as influential or strictly adhered to as a dogmatic, rigid, and narrowly ...
The Humanity of Bias
They say “don’t read the comments,” and for the sake of peace of mind, that’s good advice. But I read ...
The Coming Post-Election Hangover
This election has unfolded like a disastrous fraternity party: a sea of chaos and confusion, conflicts, exhaustion, and so many “mistakes ...