Mr. Gerrymandering has always your neighbor, but now, he’d like to clearcut the trees in your yard so you forget where you live. Now he’s worried that you’ll actually exercise your right to cast a ballot — if you can get off the couch and stay vertical long enough to vote. Read more
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On Fear, Predation, And Treating Men As Wild Animals
For those millions of us who have always been held to a higher standard — who have never had the privilege to unleash any “wild” tendencies — we know collectively what’s possible. Read more
Conviction Or Confirmation: A Handy Flowchart For Turbulent Times!
In these turbulent and confusing times it can be difficult to know where you stand once you’ve been accused of a crime. Since these things can be so difficult to predict, here’s a handy flowchart that should help. Read more
Growing Up Iranian-American, From 9/11 To Trump
You dad’s passport doesn’t bear a city, just IRAN. It might as well say THREAT. Read more
How To Read The Anonymous ‘New York Times’ Op-Ed On Trump
This op-ed is a not-so-subtle plea to do the very thing we must never do: blame Trump’s proto-fascism entirely on the personal failings and quirks of one man. Read more
What I Learned On An Accidental Date With A Trump Supporter
Maybe now you have to pay $29.99 a month to find out if you match a Scorpio or a xenophobe? Read more
Shunning Sarah Huckabee Sanders Is The Definition Of Civility
It’s not hard at all to imagine what a moral emergency looks like to the extreme right. Read more
Dear All The Mothers, But Not Mine
My mother’s whiteness afforded me protection from a system that criminalizes mothers who look like me. Read more
How Trump Is Working To Destroy The Reproductive Rights Of Immigrants
The Trump administration is engaged in an all-out war against abortion rights—and pregnant immigrants are on the front lines. Read more
Every Day Can Be A Horror Story If You Tell It Right
I’m not talking here, deliberately, about the give and take of sexual play, of dominance, of submission. This is not about that. Read more