Last month, Greg Abbott, the Republican Governor of Texas, signed into law an anti-immigrant measure allowing local police officers to ask for the citizenship status of anyone they detain. This sort of provision—often called a “show me your papers” law—has Read More …
In March, two months after President Trump took office, I received a text message from a veteran agent at Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). I had been trying to find field agents willing to describe what life was like at Read More …
On Thursday, Congressman Charlie Dent, a Republican from Pennsylvania first elected in 2004, announced that he would not seek reëlection next year. Dent was the second House Republican this week to announce his retirement rather than run for office in Read More …
On Monday night, during what turned out to be a loss against the Boston Celtics, the Milwaukee Bucks forward Khris Middleton jumped, unsuspected, into a passing lane and, after securing the ball, threw it ahead to his superstar teammate, Giannis Read More …
On Wednesday, at around the time that news outlets were reporting that President Donald Trump had decided to pull America out of the Paris climate accord, the German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, was at the Berlin airport, greeting Premier Li Keqiang, of Read More …
Soccer, for me, has always represented a coming together: of geography, of bodies, of language. It is, arguably, the most universal game, and it unites moods and sensibilities. A player glides along the pitch keeping the ball close—a precious jewel Read More …
On Wednesday morning, Politico reported that Steve Bannon, the self-styled “economic nationalist” who is Donald Trump’s senior political strategist, and Peter Navarro, the free-trade skeptic who heads up the newly formed National Trade Council at the White House, had drafted Read More …
Last week, veering off script in a speech ostensibly about his tax plan, President Donald Trump touted yet another new accomplishment by his Administration. “America is being respected again,” Trump proclaimed at a campaign-style rally in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. “Something happened Read More …
On June 28th, a Reddit user named HanAssholeSolo posted a grainy animated GIF of Donald Trump body-slamming a person with a CNN logo for a head. Less than a week later, Trump himself tweeted a version of the short clip, Read More …
On the morning of June 7th, several spectators gathered by the side of a narrow country road in Ballig, on the Isle of Man, to witness the third full day of the Tourist Trophy—a weeklong series of motorcycle races held Read More …