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Fear and Loathing in Michigan
Swastikas, a Nazi flag and anti-Muslim placards were on display at the recent “Christian Crusader March” organized by the pardoned Jan. 6 insurrectionist and white nationalist Jake Lang in Dearborn, Michigan. The state's U.S. Senate race is testing the bounds of Islamophobia in U.S. politics.
How 9/11 Remade America
Shadi Hamid joins Faisal Al Yafai to discuss how 9/11 affected generations of Americans, the attacks’ continuing impact on America and the Middle East, and his new book with Matthew Kaemingk, “Can Religion Save Democracy?”
Target Trump: The Specter of Iran’s Revenge
The distinction between the private and the public, the personal and the national, has broken down in Trump’s second term. The president’s personal psychology and how he understands his own interests and well-being are now critical factors in how the U.S. conducts itself in the world.
Counting the Books in America’s Federal Prisons
Federal penitentiaries would not say how many books they hold, so a biographer of Malcolm X spent months assembling the count himself from handbooks, emails and a prison messaging service.
A Haitian American Reflects on the Future
The Trump administration is ending the program that allows many Haitians to live and work in the U.S. A Haitian American reflects on the damage the move will do to communities, the economy and the country’s ethos — and the underlying hostility that appears to have guided Trump’s decision.
The Tumultuous History Behind Chicago’s Transformation Into a Quantum Metropolis
Chicago’s transformation from a frontier outpost to a modern metropolis was shaped by dramatic human and environmental ruptures. Three books retelling different aspects of the city’s history can help us grapple with its tense present, and its future in the emerging “quantum” economy.
Centrists and Progressives Clash in Michigan’s High-Stakes US Senate Primary
Tuesday’s Democratic primary between Abdul El-Sayed and Haley Stevens for the open U.S. Senate seat in Michigan is a microcosm of the struggle for the future of the Democratic Party — the war of position between progressives and centrists that is playing out all over the country.