Author Archives: Sarah Kendzior

My latest articles and interviews: When Trudeau met Trump: Canadian exceptionalism, American envy (2/13/17) — Globe and Mail It’s already happened here (2/9/17) — The Baffler The Prestige Economy (2/1/17) — The Common Reader [Note: this was written in March … Continue reading →

My latest dispatches from the shitshow: Trumps’ America, where even parks employees are enemies of the state (1/28/17) — The Guardian Never again: Muslim ban echoes authoritarian states (1/31/17) — Centre for International Governance Innovation Cosmopolitan, “Sarah Kendzior, Political Journalist” (1/30/17) … Continue reading →

Hello! I’ve been too busy to update this site due to our nation’s continuing collapse. Anyway, here’s the latest since the last time I posted: Donald Trump: Our anti-American president (1/20/17) Our kids may never get to know America (1/19/17) … Continue reading →

A selection of my articles on the hellscape that was 2016, divided by topic. Full list available here. If you want an understanding of how we got into this mess, try my book on the conditions leading up to the … Continue reading →

Here are some of my articles and interviews from the past week: The fake war on fake news (12/15/16) — Globe and Mail Donald Trump, Russia, and the mystery of “these people” (12/14/16) — De Correspondent Trump and Putin: The … Continue reading →

A few weeks ago, a news outlet sent me some interview questions, which I answered too late for the interviewer to use and therefore they didn’t get printed. (I apologize to this outlet and to everyone else to whom I’ve … Continue reading →

If you’re going to read anything I write about the election this week, make it this piece for De Correspondent — on white supremacist mobs, political violence, and a crisis in US journalism: It is a terrible feeling to sense … Continue reading →

For about a year, I have been arguing that Trump is trying to pull fringe movements to the center and mainstream extremism — and has succeeded thanks to the cooperation of ratings-hungry, morally vacant members of media. (When I pointed this out on … Continue reading →

I wrote a 3000-word essay for World Politics Review on Uzbekistan’s history as an independent state, the rise of Islam Karimov, the death of Karimov, and the challenges for his successor, Shavkat Mirziyoyev. The essay explains how and why authoritarian leaders … Continue reading →