Photo-Illustration: Joe Darrow Four years after Donald Trump emerged as the most nakedly authoritarian candidate in American history, it’s tempting to view the threat he once seemed to pose as overblown. Upon his election, some…

Green party nominee Jill Stein speaks during a campaign rally in New York on October 12, 2016. Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images In the remembered hellscape of November 9, 2016, when Americans stayed up late or…

Photo-Illustration: Intelligencer. Photo: Getty Images Tucker Carlson would like you to know that white supremacy is “not a real problem in America.” Four days after a white nationalist targeted Latinos in a mass shooting at…

Demonstrators chant, “Hands up, don’t shoot,” in protest of the 2014 shooting death of Michael Brown by police in Ferguson, Missouri. Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images Ferguson, Missouri, was the site of riots five years ago…

A memorial service in Ohio for the victims of the Dayton massacre. Photo: Scott Olson/Getty Images There’s a sad ritual that accompanies every major gun massacre in this country. There is a universally shared sense…

If you’re not prepared for the spectacle, the lunchtime line at my local Sweetgreen — which occupies a corner space in Tribeca that’s way too small to handle the hordes of Salad People who descend…

Photo: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images You may recall that Chinese currency manipulation was a significant issue in the 2012 presidential campaign. Mitt Romney’s plan to get tough on China included a pledge to officially declare the…

Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images Running through President Trump’s scattered response to the most recent mass shootings, with its vague gestures toward the evils of the internet and video gaming, and the brief hostage video in…