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Trump

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I Will Tell You Something

by James McManus November 27, 2017December 3, 2020

Read James McManus' satirical poem inspired by ridiculous Trumpisms: Who's David Duke, by the way?//
What is he, gay? I love gay.// Steve Bannon's no racist either, Fake Newsers,// but knowing what he knows, he's one of my favorite boozers.//

Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

The purple tide in Alabama politics

by Katherine Webb-Hehn August 15, 2017September 16, 2020
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

What will indigenous sovereignty look like in the Trump era?

by Gregory D. Smithers March 21, 2017September 27, 2023
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Will Atlanta protect immigrants and refugees from the Trump administration?

by Ari Bee February 2, 2017September 27, 2023
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American values are under attack. Here's how North Carolinians can stand up and fight back.

by Damjan Denoble January 30, 2017September 27, 2023
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

What the Moral Monday Movement can teach us about resisting Trump

by Katherine Demby January 20, 2017September 16, 2020
Posted inARTS & SOUL

A history of the present: What if the United States is Easter Island?

by Peter H. Wood January 20, 2017September 27, 2023
Posted inRACE & PLACE

A letter to President-Elect Trump

by Leroy E. Mann January 17, 2017October 1, 2020
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

Why is Donald Trump picking Southerners like Rex Tillerson?

by Jordan Schneider January 10, 2017September 16, 2020
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

Editorial: Trump and the end of technocracy

by Scalawag Editors December 13, 2016April 16, 2021
Posted inARTS & SOUL

Photo essay: Southerners shut down the Klan

by Zoe Litaker December 7, 2016September 16, 2020
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Dealing with Donald Trump's America

by Katherine Demby November 21, 2016October 1, 2020
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

Thanks to Donald Trump, an avowed White supremacist is running for Senate

by Sarah Jones July 27, 2016September 16, 2020

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