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My resolutions for 2017 are pretty straightforward. I want to listen more. I want to live more in a state of action than reaction. I definitely want to limit my tunneling into Twitter rabbit holes of outrage. And based on how this week’s been going, I’m not going to wait till January 1 to get started….
Days after the 2016 election, New York Times columnist David Brooks wrote that “we simply don’t yet know how much racism or misogyny motivated Trump voters.” That’s not entirely true. Trump’s election provides an important case study in exploring how racism and misogyny galvanized support for an authoritarian populist — and how progressives can fight back against these…
On Friday morning, Talking Points Memo’s Josh Marshall tweeted, “When your friends abandon you and you become a felon, you apparently get bitter like this.” It was a link to a now deleted tweet, but journalist Zachary Davies Boren posted a screen grab of D’Souza’s alleged message. It was a photo of Barack Obama with…
Since January, Fox News has seen a precipitous drop in its reputation amongst its mostly conservative viewership — falling to 50th place on a list of brands most trusted by Republicans over the past two years. In 2014, the most dominant cable news channel was the 10th best-perceived brand by Republicans, according to AdAge. But in…
Even for someone who has been researching and writing about misogyny for over a decade, it is hard to comprehend the level of obsessive hate that had to go into the attack on actress Leslie Jones. The 48-year-old comedian and actress became a big star over the summer, with her breakout role in “Ghostbusters” and her…