Category archives: Politics

All our oracles failed us in 2016. Now we’re left sorting through the mess.

Alagie Jammeh is celebrating a democratic victory in a country he may never see again

There’s an overwhelming sense of uncertainty about the future right now, but there’s one thing we can be sure of: the fight for equality will continue

Trump’s unaffordable, uncaring acts.

The alt-right is a force for evil, which makes it scary. But the alt-right is also whiplash-inducingly stupid, which makes it hard to take seriously.

Writer Marcus Ellsworth and producer Kasia Mychajlowycz travel to the site of the #nodapl protests in North Dakota

Donald Trump didn’t prepare himself for the job, and he isn’t about to start now

A very, very real account

Take a stand against the Klan in Charlotte, North Carolina; hear the voices of trans, black, and immigrant people in San Francisco, California; get started working on your allyship to Muslims in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and make plans now to join the …

Stop relitigating November 8 and start being productive.