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MAGA is committed to the belief that the people ICE is pursuing are inherently bad and that therefore opposing ICE is standing with criminals and rapists against the American people.

On the ending of things and the need for post-diluvian politics.

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Trump is seeking to elevate America’s most violent professional sport to an emblem of national identity.

The very parts of American culture that claim to promote teen abstinence and sexual purity operate on a parallel logic to the rape culture that enables the darkest misogynistic violence against women.

They are aiming to build the future they want by rewriting history.

MAGA is not merely rule by the worst but an active assault on virtue wherever it exists.

The American tradition of celebrating racial terror.

The case for taking Trump's expansionist talk seriously

The case for taking Trump's expansionist talk seriously

Misogyny is a preeminent feature of authoritarian politics.

Podcast Episode · The Periphery from the Pulaski Institution · 03/20/2025 · 53m

Benjamin Carter Hett is Professor of History at Hunter College and the Graduate Center at City University of New York. He specializes in German history, and his books include The Death of Democracy: H...

Benjamin Carter Hett is Professor of History at Hunter College and the Graduate Center at City University of New York. He specializes in German history, and his books include The Death of Democracy: H...

In a phone-powered age of diminishing social capital and growing identitarianism, the president knew just which fears to activate to get him back into the White House.

In a phone-powered age of diminishing social capital and growing identitarianism, the president knew just which fears to activate to get him back into the White House.

In a phone-powered age of diminishing social capital and growing identitarianism, the president knew just which fears to activate to get him back into the White House.

Worries about “normalizing” Trump are years out of date. Younger voters have never known politics without Trump.

Worries about “normalizing” Trump are years out of date. Younger voters have never known politics without Trump.

Idaho Democrat introduces ‘personal bill’ to add legal protections for LGBTQ+ Idahoans by Clark Corbin for the Idaho Capital Sun

Trump may be bringing patrimonialism to D.C., but across America’s heartlands, a thousand little chieftains reign

A narrow vision of the patriarchal household drives politics from Budapest to Washington.

A narrow vision of the patriarchal household drives politics from Budapest to Washington.

A narrow vision of the patriarchal household drives politics from Budapest to Washington.