Get a Grip: Donald Trump Isn’t Ushering in a Fascist Movement in America Get a Grip: Donald Trump Isn’t Ushering in a Fascist Movement in America
The reality-TV star holds a commanding lead in the GOP race, but fewer than 6 percent of voters in the early states supported him.
Feb 29, 2016 / Joshua Holland
Trump’s Money Shot Trump’s Money Shot
The Donald has redefined “election,” crafting a campaign that is pornography vaguely masquerading as politics.
Feb 29, 2016 / Sasha Abramsky
Donald Trump, the Most Dangerous Face in the Republican Crowd Donald Trump, the Most Dangerous Face in the Republican Crowd
Like “Lonesome” Rhodes, the lead character in Elia Kazan’s great 1957 movie about demagogy, Trump is a case study of narcissism and megalomania run amok.
Feb 12, 2016 / Sasha Abramsky
Congress Has Removed a Ban on Funding Neo-Nazis From Its Year-End Spending Bill Congress Has Removed a Ban on Funding Neo-Nazis From Its Year-End Spending Bill
Under pressure from the Pentagon, Congress has stripped the spending bill of an amendment that prevented funds from falling into the hands of Ukrainian neo-fascist groups.
Jan 14, 2016 / James Carden
Visualizing the Four Freedoms: FDR’s Fighting Artist, Arthur Szyk Visualizing the Four Freedoms: FDR’s Fighting Artist, Arthur Szyk
We all know about Norman Rockwell. But it was Szyk who best conveyed the life-or-death urgency of the struggle against fascism.
Jan 8, 2016 / Allison Claire Chang
Instead of Calling Him a ‘Jerk,’ Bush Should Say ‘Donald Trump Is Making Overtly Fascist Appeals’ Instead of Calling Him a ‘Jerk,’ Bush Should Say ‘Donald Trump Is Making Overtly Fascist Appeals’
While Republicans pull their punches and embarrass themselves, Democrat Martin O’Malley says what should be said.
Dec 23, 2015 / John Nichols
How Ukraine’s New Memory Commissar Is Controlling the Nation’s Past How Ukraine’s New Memory Commissar Is Controlling the Nation’s Past
Volodymyr Viatrovych was the driving force behind new laws that restrict free speech and regulate how history is written.
Aug 13, 2015 / Jared McBride
Will Ukraine’s New Anti-Communist Law Usher in a Free-Speech Dark Age? Will Ukraine’s New Anti-Communist Law Usher in a Free-Speech Dark Age?
The law, still to be signed by the president, is more about silencing the left than anything else.
Apr 13, 2015 / Alec Luhn
Greece’s Golden Dawn: Fascists at the Gate Greece’s Golden Dawn: Fascists at the Gate
The party is deeply rooted in the political culture of Greece.
Mar 25, 2015 / Conn Hallinan and Foreign Policy In Focus
When the World Became a Huge Penitentiary When the World Became a Huge Penitentiary
An eloquent portrait of underground life among the undocumented and the damned of the earth.
Mar 23, 2015 / Feature / Emma Goldman and Vivian Gornick