“Signal:Noise” will cut through the omnipresent distractions of Trumpland to focus on the more lasting impacts in a twice-weekly column.
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly With Covid-19 The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly With Covid-19
Heroism and selflessness, the terror of loneliness amid quarantine… and Donald Trump’s grotesque and life-threatening narcissism.
Mar 27, 2020 / no-paywall / Sasha Abramsky
Covid Catastrophe: Trump Fiddles While America Burns Covid Catastrophe: Trump Fiddles While America Burns
After two months of ignoring health experts, the fool in the White House lashes out at governors and the most vulnerable.
Mar 24, 2020 / no-paywall / Sasha Abramsky
What Does Trump Do, in the Midst of a Pandemic? Beat Up On Immigrants. Again. What Does Trump Do, in the Midst of a Pandemic? Beat Up On Immigrants. Again.
This administration has never missed an opportunity to blame immigrants, asylum seekers, and refugees for our woes.
Mar 20, 2020 / no-paywall / Sasha Abramsky
With the Coronavirus, All That Is Solid Melts Into Air With the Coronavirus, All That Is Solid Melts Into Air
We’re seeing the steady erosion of everything familiar, the implosion of communal space, the sense that everyone, every surface, could be the enemy.
Mar 17, 2020 / no-paywall / Sasha Abramsky
Our Worst Crisis Since 2008… and We Have an Idiot at the Helm Our Worst Crisis Since 2008… and We Have an Idiot at the Helm
Trump offers nothing but bigotry, ignorance, and pathological narcissism.
Mar 13, 2020 / no-paywall / Sasha Abramsky
Family Separation Is Torture, According to Physicians for Human Rights Family Separation Is Torture, According to Physicians for Human Rights
According to a new report by PHR, the Trump administration’s treatment of asylum seekers “constitutes cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment.”
Mar 10, 2020 / no-paywall / Sasha Abramsky
Trump Is Using Pandemic Panic to Ramp Up Attacks on Migrants Trump Is Using Pandemic Panic to Ramp Up Attacks on Migrants
This has nothing to do with public health and everything to do with locking out poor and brown people.
Mar 3, 2020 / no-paywall / Sasha Abramsky
The Coronavirus Could Be the Black Swan of 2020 The Coronavirus Could Be the Black Swan of 2020
The wheels could come off the global economy—and if they do, Trump will double down on racism, xenophobia, and the politics of fear.
Feb 25, 2020 / no-paywall / Sasha Abramsky
Trump Has Dropped the Pretense of Playing by the Rules of Democracy Trump Has Dropped the Pretense of Playing by the Rules of Democracy
He’s gambling that every agency that could put the brakes on his power grab is too cowed or compromised to stop him.
Feb 21, 2020 / Signal:Noise / Sasha Abramsky
Trump Is Unleashing Militarized Goon Squads Against Immigrants in Sanctuary Cities Trump Is Unleashing Militarized Goon Squads Against Immigrants in Sanctuary Cities
First, they came for the immigrants…
Feb 18, 2020 / Signal:Noise / Sasha Abramsky