December 5-12, 2016, Issue

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Feature

An Unabashed Misogynist Is in Charge of Our Country. Now What?

We thought Trump’s sexism would be repudiated when America elected its first female president. Then he won.
Katha Pollitt
‘We Are Not Leaving’

Arizona’s immigrant communities are moving from fear to fight.
Julianne Hing
When Liberal Elites Spurn Populism, Trump Happens

Denied a populism from the left, millions of Americans picked the one from the right.
D.D. Guttenplan
We Must Transform the Democratic Party

It’s time to abandon, once and for all, the party’s corporate centrism and addiction to big-dollar fund-raising.
John Nichols
Did Republicans Rig the Election?

Voter suppression was all too real, and 14 states—including important swing states—had new voting restrictions in place.
Ari Berman
How We Can Fight Trump

Progressives must lead the Democratic Party and develop its economic populism.
Robert L. Borosage

Editorial

Applying for a White House Job

Calvin Trillin
‘I Am Interested in Collective Characters’: An Interview With Nanni Balestrini

The legendary Italian author speaks with Rachel Kushner.
Rachel Kushner 
Trump’s Wisest Words

Matt Bors
Trump’s Denial of Catastrophic Climate Change Is a Clear Danger

Trump is about to find out that millions of concerned citizens here and abroad will use every nonviolent means possible to stop him from accelerating the worst crisis humans have ever faced.
Katrina vanden Heuvel
Donald Trump Dredged Up His Cabinet From the Bottom of the Conservative Swamp

Reince Priebus heads a lineup of familiar right-wing faces, including Kris Kobach, Sarah Palin, Joe Arpaio, and Ken Blackwell.
David Dayen
Undocumented and Unafraid in the Face of Trump’s Presidency

Trump can try to take DACA away from us. But he won’t take away our spirit to fight for our families.
Cesar Vargas
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Books & the Arts

Criticism in the Twilight

What role can the critic play in today’s uncertain times?
Nicholas Dames
Those Wondrous Powers

What Arrival offers is so valuable that you might almost choose to pretend that someone knew we were going to need this picture after Trump’s election.
Stuart Klawans
Entering Death, Davy Crockett Remembers a Row of Georgian Trees

William Brewer
Film Noir at Gallop Park, On the Edge

Marcus Wicker
Responsible Hedonists

Emily Witt’s new book, Future Sex, captures the ways in which free love and countercultural experiments are no longer as liberating as they once seemed.
J.C. Pan

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