‘The Edge of Democracy’ and Parallels of Political Crises
Academy Award-nominated documentary The Edge of Democracy, now streaming on Netflix, lays bare the political parallels of the rise of Bolsonaro's Brazil with Trump's America.
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Kamala Harris’ 2020 VP Run Evokes Rod Lurie’s 2000 ‘The Contender’
Like The Contender's Laine Hanson 20 years prior, US Democratic Party Vice-President choice, Kamala Harris, cuts the oxygen feeding the US political climate's raging sexism.
Kent Russell Seeks the Soul of Florida on Epic Road Trip, on Foot
In a bit of drunken revelry, Kent Russell and his buddies decide it is their destiny to tell the gonzo story of Florida in the time when Trump is campaigning for president.
Parallels of HIV/AIDS in Tony Kushner’s ‘Angels in America’ and COVID-19 in Trump’s America
Tony Kushner's Angels in America foreshadows our current state of sick politics and bodies and, in particular, the presence of Trump in a time of plague.
Dave Eggers’ ‘The Captain and the Glory’ Barely Stays Afloat
Dave Eggers' latest is a slim satire about the sinking ship of Donald Trump and the potential sinking of the glorious ship of State.
‘Lake Success’ Is a Picaresque Journey to Nowhere
Gary Shteyngart's state of the nation satire about a billionaire on the run doesn't tell us much about anything.
If It Happens Again: Revisiting UB40 in the Age of Brett Kavanaugh
In a typically absurd twist of Trump politics, England's reggae-pop hitmakers are back on the radar. Time to dig back into music's past.
‘War in 140 Characters’ Is to the Point
David Patrikarakos has written an engaging narrative that covers the activities and surroundings of eight 21st century social media crusaders.
On the Tight Confines of Madeleine Albright’s Cold War Intellectual Straitjacket
The status quo of the past 30 years facilitated a massive transfer in wealth and public resources away from the average American and into the hands of a wealthy minority; a radical coup if ever there was one. Yet it was achieved democratically. A response to Madeleine Albright's Fascism: A Warning.
Why Are Evangelicals So Full of Fear? and So Supportive of Trump? Interview with Historian John Fea
As discussed with PopMatters, in Believe Me: The Evangelical Road to Donald Trump, Fea finds long roots in answering his questions, but he clears a path forward, too.
“We are all Rachel Dolezal”: on Asad Haider’s ‘Mistaken Identity: Race and Class in the Age of Trump’
Among other critiques of identity politics, Haider believes that we each can slip between identities at will. Indeed, it's a universal human condition.
Kanye West: The Iconoclast Gives In
How the allure of newness is leading Kanye West astray.
