Aleksandar Hemon on Donald Trump and Violence
“It’s a lot of fucking work, but in a decent society, most strive to be decent.”
Roxana Robinson on Taking to the Streets—and the Offices of Congress
“I was there to find out what democracy looked like.”
David Ulin on Art and Public Protest
“I am an American patriot and I am part of something bigger.”
Amanda Rea on Growing up Poor and Watching Trump on TV
“Like any red-blooded American, we understood our poverty to be temporary.”
Jeffrey Lependorf on the National Endowment for the Arts
“The arts and the humanities belong to all of us.”
Valeria Luiselli on Darweesh v. Trump
“A lawyers’ meeting is in some ways similar to an assembly of wizards and witches.”
Tom Rosenstiel on the Warnings of Political Fiction
“The news now reads like dystopian satire.”