The Original Donald Trump

Frank Rich New York Magazine
The New York Establishment will ignore unscrupulous acts to serve its interests — just look how it treated Roy Cohn, onetime lawyer to the president.

Election Noir

Dorothy Barresi What We Did While We Made More Guns
California poet Dorothy Barresi nails a certain candidate on the campaign trail: "tight tense talk & leering merit of American man" and guess who she means.

The Pain We Still Need to Feel

Jamelle Bouie Slate
The new lynching memorial confronts the racial terrorism that corrupted America—and still does.

Movie | Sorry to Bother You

In an alternate present-day version of Oakland, black telemarketer Cassius Green discovers a magical key to professional success - which propels him into a macabre universe.