Truth and Lies

Falsehoods are propping up Trump -- but lying is a bigger theme in American history, culture and politics

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Ethical Arguments

• Benjamin Davis, “How Should We Acknowledge the Sovereignty of Indigenous Peoples? An ethical and aesthetic defense of Indigenous sovereignty.” (December 9, 2020)

• Lea Coffineau, “Migration as a Claim for Reparations: The connections between political agency and migration.” (December 7, 2020)

Crazy Talk

• Emily Sandercock, “QAnon Will Outlast Trumpism: How a conspiracy theory was born in the Great War and made its way into the 21st century.” (December 7, 2020)

Lies & Truth

• Eric Alterman and Claire Potter, “Donald Trump’s Lies: Why presidential falsehoods are part of United States political history.” (December 8, 2020)

• Ryan Skinnel, “Trump Lied His Way In and Is Lying His Way Out: What 20th-century fascists can teach us about the need for truth in the 21st-century.” (December 10, 2020)

Interview

• Swetha Regunathan and Jeannette A. Estruth, “How Do We Process the Loss of Our Homes? A talk with filmmaker Swetha Regunathan.” (December 10, 2020)

Books

• Alana Lentin, “Why Race Still Matters: We don't need to know what race is -- we need to know what it does.” (December 9, 2020)

Our Columnists

• John Stoehr, “The Rev. Raphael Warnock Speaks With Righteous Religious Authority—and I Would Know: Yes, Christians can be pro-choice.” (December 9, 2020)

• Heather Cox Richardson, “Stoking the Flames: The Trump wing of the Republican Party continues its attacks on American democracy as the COVID-19 death toll continues to rise.” (December 10, 2020)