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Believe the Children, Not Their Rapists
I can't believe this even needs to be said, but it does.
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Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez
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“Tame the Flame”: How Food Media Is Helping Fascism Go Down Easy
They’re not even subtle anymore.
18 hrs ago
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The Time I Remixed Charles Dickens
If you’re subscribed to this newsletter, you might know from my bio that I’m a novelist.
Jul 26
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Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez
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Columbia Taught Me Ethics. Now They Have None.
Back in the fall of 1993, I arrived at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism on the Upper West Side of Manhattan broke, idealistic, and…
Jul 25
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Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez
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Leaked Memo from the Heritage Foundation: The Official Geriatric GOP Insult Style Guide
Because “socialist” just doesn’t slap like it used to. (THIS IS A PARODY!)
Jul 24
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Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez
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Comrades and Clickbait: Why the Left Needs a Messaging Makeover
I was raised by a Cuban Marxist.
Jul 21
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Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez
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From Clown to Caudillo: Trump 1.0 vs. Trump 2.0
And the World Leaders He Now Resembles
Jul 17
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Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez
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How to Talk to Someone on the Other Side—When We've All Been Groomed to Hate Each Other
Ask a Fox News viewer what they think of the media, and they’ll say it’s biased, manipulative, and out to destroy America.
Jul 16
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Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez
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How the Brutalized Become Brutal
On Israel, Spain, and the Neurology of Mass Violence
Jul 16
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Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez
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Before They Come for Us Again
My grandfather-in-law was deported from his own country—for looking Mexican.
Jul 15
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Not All Cubans
A Love Letter and a Plea to My Fellow US Latinos
Jul 13
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Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez
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Brazil Pulled Back from the Brink of Fascism. Can We Do What They Did?
There are a lot of reasons to love Brazil.
Jul 12
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Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez
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