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Building a New Populism in the Era of Trump
Imagine you're standing in line for the American Dream. You work hard, sometimes in dangerous jobs. You lead a moral life. But the line is stalling, even moving backwards. Yet you see newcomers up front — some of them immigrants and people of color. Maybe you've...
This Doesn’t Sound Like Our Voice
We’re already starting to see how America's gamble on Donald Trump will pay off: with gifts to the corporations and billionaires he swore he’d put us above. One of Trump's first priorities is to repeal one of the only federal laws standing between us and Wall Street....
A Bigger AT&T Is the Last Thing We Need
The American mainstream media spent the last year normalizing and propping up a racist, xenophobic, misogynist candidate whose closest advisers include white nationalists and politicians with a track record of oppressing women, people of color, and the LGBTQI...
Sorry, I Can’t Give Trump a Chance
As Donald Trump plans his transition into the White House, some have called for "unity." Let's "come together," they say. Let's "give him a chance." I say no. When a man abuses his wife, you don't tell her to give him a chance. You don't tell her to try to talk things...
This Election Wasn’t About Trump
When a political puck named Dick Tuck lost a California senate election in 1966, he famously conceded: "The people have spoken. The bastards." So now that the people have spoken up for Donald Trump, were they saying that they embrace his xenophobic, nativist,...
Careful What You Wish For
In OtherWords: November 9, 2016
Donald Trump shocked the world this week with his stunning victory over Hillary Clinton. While Trump's polling was competitive with the former secretary of state's from the beginning, few imagined that his coalition was broad enough to triumph on Election Day. No...
America’s Dark Underbelly Is Now Its Face
An election that might have marked the ascension of America’s first woman president has instead proven historic for an altogether different reason. Namely, that Americans voted for the unabashedly anti-democratic alternative offered by her rival. And they did it...
In Bleak Times, This City Is an Example for the World
A few days before Donald Trump's stunning upset, the Eiffel Tower and Arc de Triomphe glowed green in Paris. France was celebrating the Paris Climate Agreement, which came into force on November 4. It was a remarkable achievement. Less than a year after 196 countries...
Uncle Sam Needs a Better Handle on Your Money
A decade ago, thousands of California National Guard troops reenlisted to fight in Iraq and Afghanistan. For valiantly responding to a shortage of troops, they were promised a signing bonus. This October, the Pentagon ordered these thousands of veterans to pay back...
