In the latest episode of Democracy in Crisis, we hear a conversation between Sohail Daulatzai and Brandon Soderberg about Daulatzai’s book, Fifty Years of The Battle of Algiers: Past As Prologue. They discuss the lasting legacy of the classic film, its different uses and interpretations through history, and what it can teach us today about […]
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If Democrats Want to Regain Power, They’ll Have to Lose Their Lust for It
As Democrats choose the new chair of the Democratic National Committee this weekend, the worst thing they could do is claim credit for the resignation of former general Michael T. Flynn as national security adviser and the withdrawal of Hardee’s honcho Andy Puzder as secretary of labor nominee. It will make them underestimate their own […]
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Democracy in Crisis: Trump’s Press Conference Shows Reality Is His Real Opponent
For a moment earlier this week, it seemed that the regime might have to come to terms with the reality the rest of us share. But Trump’s Thursday press conference reaffirmed the notion that objective reality is his real enemy. As the story of Mike Flynn’s ignominious resignation broke, the far right immediately said it […]
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Democracy in Crisis Podcast: Donald Trump’s Immigration Crackdown
On this week’s episode, hosts Baynard Woods and Marc Steiner talk with reporter Aura Bogado about a powerful profile she wrote in Teen Vogue about fourteen-year-old Jackie Rayos-Garcia, whose mother, Guadalupe García de Rayos, was detained while talking to immigration officials and deported—perhaps the first deportation under the Trump administration. In the second segment, they […]
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Jeff Sessions Brings to the Department of Justice a New Era of Law and Order, With a Side of White Supremacy
Senators shuffle by the desk on Tuesday to cast their votes on the confirmation of Betsy DeVos as secretary of education, chattering like kids returning from summer break to find that everything has changed. Somehow even the victors seem confused. None of them really expected the world to look like this. Except, maybe, Senator Jeff […]
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Democracy in Crisis: In Which the Far Right Freaks Out Over Michael Flynn
The far far right started freaking late last night when “lock-her-up” chanting former general Michael Flynn resigned as National Security Adviser in the wake of revelations that he discussed loosening sanctions with a Russian ambassador while Barack Obama was still president. Mike Cernovich, one of those DeploraBallers whom others on the far right sometimes like […]
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Democracy in Crisis: Trump’s Tough-on-Crime Week
President Trump met with law enforcement leaders twice this week, saw Jeff Sessions confirmed as top cop, and signed three tough-on-crime executive orders, which were then condemned by an organization composed of some of the nation’s top law enforcement officers. Here’s how Trump’s tough-on-crime week went down: Trump met with law enforcement brass from major […]
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The Democracy in Crisis Podcast: How Should the Media Handle Trump
On this week’s edition of the podcast, hosts Baynard Woods and Marc Steiner speak with Ron Rosenbaum, author of Explaining Hitler: The Search for the Origins of His Evil, which includes a chapter on the Munich Post, a German newspaper that criticized Adolf Hitler during his rise to power, until it was shut down by […]
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How the Religious Right Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Libertine Adulterer Donald Trump
In front of the illuminated columns of the Supreme Court building, the Reverend Patrick Mahoney and several other Christian activists were gathered together, waiting for Donald Trump to announce his pick for Supreme Court justicea spot left vacant after Republicans refused to acknowledge Barack Obama’s nominee. When Trump announced Colorado federal judge Neil Gorsuch, perhaps […]
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“Taking Alt Back From the Nazis”
The INDY, along with several other alternative publications nationwide, have partnered with journalist and Baltimore City Paper editor at large Baynard Woods to bring our readers his weekly “Democracy in Crisis” column—a weekly column on the Trump administration. Woods’ column appears in this week’s INDY . Every Wednesday, we will also release a podcast, the […]
