Introduction: The Big Picture

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction: The Big Picture 1
4. Part I. The Crisis: Where We Are
5. Resource Extraction 11
6. Confronting Manhood After Trump 19
7. Predatory Real Estate 27
8. The Misinformation Society 39
9. Defending Open Cities 49
10. Criminalizing Immigrants 55
11. Trump, Trade, and War 63
12. Rule by Misrule 71
13. School of Trump 77
14. Trump on Twitter: How a Medium Designed for Democracy Became an Authoritarian’s Mouthpiece 83
15. Trump’s Attack on Knowledge 93
16. Part II. The Collapse: How We Got Here
17. The Devastated House of Labor 111
18. Unholy Alliances 119
19. Coalthink 127
20. Violence and Criminal Justice 135
21. Women Voters, Left and Right 143
22. The Office of the Presidency 153
23. Religion and the Republic 159
24. Evangelical Voters 167
25. Gun Culture 175
26. Black Women and the FBI 185
27. Confederate Revisionist History 191
28. Trump’s Charisma 199
29. Unequal America 207
30. Part III. The Solutions: What We Can Do
31. Working- Class Environmentalism 217
32. Defending Society 225
33. Protest, Violent and Nonviolent 233
34. Social Solidarity 241
35. “The Parliament of Bodies” 249
36. The Right Type of Citizenship 255
37. Multiracial Cooperation 265
38. List of Contributors 273