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Dispatches From the Culture Wars

It gets worse; Southern Baptists reach their limit; 1984 in 2018; The evil that Wolfe did; Holiday in Trumpland

David Horsey



Get Ready for a Brutal Election About Trump’s Racism and Authoritarianism

By Greg Sargent

June 6, 2018

The Washington Post

The GOP is betting that racial and cultural provocations will boost turnout just enough among aging, blue collar and rural white voters unhappy with the evolution of the country to enable them to prevail.

Southern Baptists Call Off the Culture War

By Jonathan Merritt

June 16, 2018

The Atlantic

America’s largest Protestant group moves to cut ties with the Republican Party and re-engage with mainstream culture.

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In Name of Free Speech, States Crack Down on Campus Protests

By Jeremy W. Peters

June 12, 2018

New York Times

A growing and well-organized campaign has put academia squarely in the cross hairs of the American right.

Second and Third Thoughts on Tom Wolfe

By Jamie Bernstein

June 1, 2018

The Nation

Wolfe helped set blacks against Jews, thereby disempowering both groups.

The Story Behind the Strange Trump Mural Inside a Children’s Immigration Detention Center

By Jason Linkins

June 14, 2018

ThinkProgress

This one piece of art almost perfectly sums up America today.