Adam Serwer

His moralizing accelerated the cultural backlash against him and provided evidence that would be used against him at trial.

Obama's desire to “look forward” on torture has enabled Trump to look backward in his appointment of a new CIA director.

To those outside the black community, the Nation of Islam’s persistent appeal, despite its bigotry, can seem incomprehensible.

Trumpism emerged from a haze of delusion, denial, pride, and cruelty—not as a historical anomaly, but as a profoundly American phenomenon.

The legend of the Confederate leader’s heroism and decency is based in the fiction of a person who never existed.

Preston Brooks, Greg Gianforte, and the American tradition of disguising cowardice as bravery.

The accomplishments of the first black president will be erased by a man who rose to power on slandering him.