March 2016 Volume 40, Issue 03

March 2016
Viewpoint
Feature
Why Evangelicals Are Flocking To Donald Trump
Theo Anderson
Dispatch
Culture
How Not To Write About Gun Culture
Chris Lehmann
The Bittersweetness of Tidying Up
Jane Miller
‘London Has Fallen’ and the 9/11-ization of Entertainment
Michael Atkinson

Viewpoint
The Racist Agenda Behind the Now-Dead ‘Friedrichs’ Supreme Court Case
A negative ruling would have led to a closing of the on-ramp to the middle class for women and people of color.
Naomi Walker

Culture
How Not To Write About Gun Culture
Iain Overton's book on gun culture completely misfires
Chris Lehmann

Culture
Since the 43 Students Went Missing, 130 Bodies Have Been Found Outside Iguala, Mexico
The students' bodies haven't been found, except for one bone fragment. But rural Mexicans are seeking answers in a larger epidemic of disappearances—and unearthing graves.
Chantal Flores

Dispatch
With the Threat of Climate Collapse, Is It Time to Embrace Survivalism?
Why it might be worth prepping for a post-doomsday scenario
Molly M. Ginty

Culture
Óscar Martínez’s New Book Vividly Demonstrates Why People Are Fleeing Central America
In 'a History of Violence,' the reporter and award-winning author of 'The Beast' looks at endemic drug violence
Ilan Stavans

Dispatch
How to Pass Gun Control in the Sixth-Most-Gun-Owning State in America
A Missoula ordinance could provide a model for life-saving legislation in states where guns 'are a religion'
Gabriel Furshong

Culture
The Bittersweetness of Tidying Up
Getting rid of old baggage, political as well as material
Jane Miller

Culture
‘London Has Fallen’ and the 9/11-ization of Entertainment
The sequel to 'Olympus Has Fallen' shows our ever-more-extravagant taste for destruction
Michael Atkinson

Culture
The Limits of New Dealism and Why We Need a New Progressive Theory of Political Economy
Historian Jefferson Cowie argues that the New Deal may have been a freak occurrence
Rich Yeselson

Dispatch
The Novel Defense That Climate Change Activists Are Using in Court
Not guilty on grounds of planetary necessity
Justyna Bicz

Viewpoint
Without Black Lives Matter, Would Flint’s Water Crisis Have Made Headlines?
The mainstream media learns what 'environmental racism' means.
Susan J. Douglas