Today, the electoral college meets to make one of the biggest decisions in American history, and while it is largely a pro-forma event, some liberals are waiting for a last-minute reprieve from the...
On January 20, 2017, Donald Trump will take office as the 45th President of the United States of America. Media outlets, political pundits, foreign dignitaries, and average citizens across the world...
Here are some of the things we're reading this week — from commentary about Donald Trump's growing cabinet to a discussion of the imperative for protest and resistance in the face of...
In Ohio on Tuesday, the state legislature passed a bill that would ban abortions as soon as a foetus’s heartbeat is detectable. Given that this state of foetal growth tends to happen around the 6th...
The internment of Japanese Americans. Try dropping that phrase into your next conversation with a group of your peers; I suspect the array of responses you get will be dazzling. Grim looks of vague...
Back in the 10th grade, I was walking along the tree-lined street of my high school when a truck-full of students threw a soda at me and yelled “Konnichiwa, go back to China!” To this day, I’m...
This week, we're exploring a set of reads that may at first appear unrelated, but are actually deeply connected, as we wander from Hillary Clinton selfies to the normalisation of far-right culture in...
After every election, as the winning party pops the champagne and gets the transition underway, there is a sort of harsh reflection that the losing party undergoes. We’ve seen it happen recently...
As returns were coming in on Tuesday night, a diverse group of about 50 Donald J. Trump supporters chanted “USA” and held an anxious vigil outside the Hilton on Sixth Avenue, where the Republican...
Last week, we talked about narratives and resistance after Trump's election. This week, we look at the cultural shift in America and the world that Americans want to build for themselves. Setting...