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WATCH: Trump accused him of treason. He’s not backing down
Former Trump adviser Miles Taylor on the courage to resist, what Trump really wants, and rebuilding America after Trump
 • Anand Giridharadas and Miles Taylor
29
47:34
WATCH: Can words defeat fascists?
Poet Kevin Young on why authoritarians fear language they can't control, and how poets -- "unacknowledged legislators" -- can help write a new American…
 • Anand Giridharadas, Leigh Haber, and Kevin Young
7
CLOSE READ: Why, and how, Kimmel's monologue worked
And what other pro-democracy voices can learn from it
 • Anand Giridharadas
64
An epic of America
Kevin Young's "Night Watch" is a poetic journey through our messy history. Join us when we talk to him today at 12:30 Eastern
 • The Ink and Leigh Haber
3
MAKE IT MAKE SENSE: The far-right fantasy of women in pain
You asked, and we're bringing back our briefings. Today: Why Trump wants to make pregnancy debilitating again, Judith Butler on beating fascism, and…
 • The Ink
14
A cure for Trumpism: Radical empathy and radical change
A playbook for a post-Trump America
 • Anand Giridharadas
53
43:07
An actual autism expert speaks
Donald Trump and RFK Jr. are speculating about autism. Rather than listen to them, we decided to talk to an expert
 • The Ink
29
ESSAY: The schisms dividing the right after Kirk's death
Three unresolved questions, laid bare by yesterday's memorial
 • Anand Giridharadas
37
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