By 1995, right-wing terrorists envisioned themselves as protectors of American individualism in the face of a socialist government, but the reality was that their complaints were not about government activism. They were about who benefited from that activism.
- September 15, 2020
Today’s big story is the growing threat of violence on the part of Trump loyalists in the administration, including the president himself.
- September 10, 2020
Over the course of 18 interviews, Trump spoke for nine hours to journalist Bob Woodward. He had apparently been angry at his aides for shielding him from Woodward before the journalist published his book Fury in 2018, thinking he could charm Woodward into presenting him in a better light, as he had shaped coverage of himself in the tabloids in New York City in the 1980s and 1990s. Trump was wrong.
- August 31, 2020
Trump is clearly trying to change the national narrative from his disastrous response to the coronavirus and the economic crash to the idea that he alone can protect white Americans from their dangerous Black neighbors.
- July 21, 2020"LAW AND ORDER" vs. Moms
- October 4, 2017Antagonism flourishes, but it comes in different flavors.
- September 8, 2017The late ‘60s and early ‘70s were crazy, but we’re looking wilder.
- August 14, 2017The fire that burns the length and breadth of American history has burst through a firebreak.