Not for the first time, many distinguished actors, performers, and otherwise notable figures promised they would do the unthinkable if the wrong candidate got elected: they’d remove themselves from America and move to Mexico. Check that, I guess it’s Canada. Anyway, it’s an unusual threat if for no other reason than it’s palpably narcissistic. The
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“White Supremacist America!” yells Counterpunch. “White Supremacists Bolstering Trump,” says AlterNet. This really is a “White Riot,” says Vox. That’s the opinion of the left for why Trump not only won the Republican nomination, but also seems poised to win the presidency. For years, the left has imagined the dominant swath of bourgeois culture to
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One of the questions beings asked this morning by many Democrats, and also a fair share of Republicans: Would Bernie Sanders have defeated Donald Trump in the presidential election if he had been the Democratic candidate? Way back in February of this past year, the title of an article by Harvard University Ph.D. student Nathan
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Leading up to the election and on election day, I repeatedly encountered people calming their fears by saying, “It’s OK. No matter what happens, God is still on the throne.” I identify as a Christian, but I find this sentiment unhelpful and troubling. “It’s OK. God is still on the throne.” What does that mean?
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In the months leading up to the election, we could all sense that racial tensions were on the rise. And in the minds of many, Donald Trump wasn’t helping those tensions any with his comments about building a wall and sending illegal immigrants back to their country of origin. So in the wake of Donald
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In November 2008, Americans elected a relatively unknown U.S. Senator from Illinois president of the United States by a wide margin. What Barack Obama lacked in experience and substance he made up for in charisma and newness. He gave beautiful, inspiring speeches. He sounded not just intelligent, but wise and reasonable. His biracial heritage—his father
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