Dispatches From the Culture Wars - November 6, 2018
- Trump Ad Too Racist for Mainstream Media
- White Evangelicals: Sleeping Giant
- Youth: From Parkland to Politics
- Democracy ≠ Pre-Trump Norms
- The Unfinished Civil War and the Confederate President
- Kanye's Sunken Place
Trump Ad Too Racist for Mainstream Media
By Brian Steinberg
November 5, 2018
Variety
The 30-second commercial plays up the purported threat of foreign migrants entering the United States.
White Evangelicals: Sleeping Giant
By Dylan Scott
October 29, 2018
Vox
All the policy wins that explain evangelical Christians’ loyalty to Trump.
Youth: From Parkland to Politics
By Justine McDaniel
November 5, 2018
Philadelphia Inquirer
March for Our Lives, the national group begun by Parkland students, has been on a voter outreach tour to drive "the largest youth turnout in history."
The Unfinished Civil War and the Confederate President
By Rebecca Solnit
November 4, 2018
The Guardian
His supporters hark back to an 1860s fantasy of white male dominance. But the Confederacy won’t win in the long run.
By Stephen A. Crockett Jr.
November 1, 2018
The Root
My latest theory: Kanye West denounced his political leanings because his newest Yeezy sneaker was trash, didn’t sell and Adidas wasn’t having it.