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Political violence
October 11, 2020
Osita Nwanevu
The Martyrdom of Donald Trump
Pandemic be damned, the president intends to see out the conservative mission of cutting out America’s democratic heart.
October 1, 2020
Matt Ford
Trump Never Answered the Debate’s Most Important Question
Let there be no “both-sidesing” of the primary cause of American anxiety.
September 15, 2020
Matt Ford
The Most Hysterical Worst-Case Election Scenario
If you’re worrying that Democrats wouldn’t concede a Biden defeat, you’re just concern-trolling while American democracy wobbles.
August 31, 2020
Casey Michel
The “Oath Keepers” Are Today’s Blackshirts
In the Obama era, they resisted “presidential tyranny.” Now they want to help Trump crack American skulls in the streets.
August 28, 2020
Matt Ford
The Violent Delights of the Trumpian Right
In the end, it was always going to be about blood and soil and gun-toting vigilantes.
June 12, 2020
Parker Richards
The Fall and Rise of the Guillotine
Ideologues of left and right have learned to stop worrying and love rhetorical violence.
May 29, 2020
Matt Ford
Trump’s One Constant Is a Fetish for Bloodshed
Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent, and the president has bunkered down.
October 3, 2019
Matt Ford
Donald Trump’s New Lost Cause
"Civil war" rhetoric is not uncommon on the fringes of American political discourse. Now it’s also coming from the White House.
May 21, 2019
Matt Ford
Why Milkshaking Works
The far right fears nothing more than public humiliation.
February 22, 2019
Matt Ford
The Jussie Smollett Smokescreen
Several major stories this week revealed deep truths about this political moment in America. None pertained to the TV actor.
October 24, 2018
Matt Ford
Is someone trying to assassinate top Democrats?
August 3, 2018
Patrick Strickland
When Fascists Turn Violent
In Greece, a mob assault on a liberal mayor offers a disturbing view of where the current uptick in right-wing extremism can lead.
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