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Laila Lalami
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Laila Lalami is the author, most recently, of The Other Americans , along with The Moor’s Account , a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for fiction. She writes the “Between the Lines” column for The Nation , and is a professor of creative writing at the University of California, Riverside.
What does citizenship mean if only white people belong in Donald Trump’s America?
May 20, 2019
His speculative new novel, The Wall , imagines a dystopian future but offers us a warning about our present.
Why a spate of restrictive new bills will hurt poor and minority women the most.
Expecting transformative change from the top is a recipe for disappointment. We should stop expecting saviors.
The stakes are higher now than ever. Get The Nation in your inbox.
How do we deal with the Nazis living among us?
Making sense of the presidency, one novel at a time.
In public, politicians demonize immigrants. In private, they exploit them for personal gain.
If the Muslim ban is any guide, an idea that was once considered insane will soon become acceptable.
Now, when white people assert private authority over public space, there’s a cost.
Young people are left to grapple with the consequences of every raid—sometimes for years.
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