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In the days since Donald Trump was elected president, he has already pledged to end birthright citizenship—a right enshrined in the Fourteenth Amendment—by executive fiat, to shutter the Department of Education, and to deport millions of people. The Review has asked a number of contributors for their analysis of how President Trump’s second term will change the United States. Below are the first entries in the series.
The Return of Trump—I
Ben Tarnoff on things falling apart
Zephyr Teachout on living in fear
Bill McKibben on the end of the FDR era
Michael Hofmann on words without consequences
Linda Greenhouse on the Supreme Court
Garry Wills on losers
The Return of Trump—II
Rozina Ali on Gaza
Christopher Benfey on sinking feelings
Quinn Slobodian on a madman’s trade policy
Walter M. Shaub Jr. on conflicts of interest
Bridget Read on violent hucksters
Jon Alsop on America’s Brexit moment
The Return of Trump—III
Christine Henneberg on abortion
John Washington on the threat of mass deportation
Suzanne Schneider on economic justice
Aryeh Neier on authoritarians
E. Tammy Kim on unions
Andrew O’Hagan on propaganda
The Return of Trump—IV
Paisley Currah on transgender rights
Trevor Jackson on billionaires
Kim Phillips-Fein on New Yorkers for Trump
Ian Frazier on hell
Adam Gaffney on the future of health care
Madeleine Schwartz on burnout
William Neuman
One Door at a Time
Canvassing for Kamala Harris in Pennsylvania, I came to feel that face-to-face contact was no match for social media, online influencers, and Fox News.
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