Matthew ArnoldAt work on Martin Luther King DayMy mom actually talked to Martin Luther King a couple times in 1966, when he was in town trying to desegregate the city’s housing and she…Jan 16, 2017Jan 16, 2017
Matthew ArnoldMayberry in victoryIt’s a guilty pleasure, but I’ve been enjoying the Washington Post’s <strikethrough>semi-pornographic glimpses into rural white pathos and…Jan 5, 2017Jan 5, 2017
Matthew ArnoldTen things Trump and the Republicans can’t take away from us1.) White America: now 20% woke-er. The election and re-election of our nation’s first black president drove a ton of white people…Dec 20, 2016Dec 20, 2016
Matthew ArnoldWhy we love an outlaw: the system is riggedFor the past couple years, I’ve been picking at a noirish crime novella I once thought I maybe had in me. With each passing NaNoWriMo, I…Dec 5, 2016Dec 5, 2016
Matthew ArnoldThe odor of info-fascismoHow strange that this election, which was supposed to be all about white America’s anxieties over foreign bodies in their midst, should…Nov 21, 2016Nov 21, 2016
Matthew ArnoldThe Obama legacy that they cannot eraseOn Thursday I toured a middle school on the Lower East Side. Its student body is 84% Hispanic, most the children of immigrants, if not…Nov 12, 20161Nov 12, 20161
Matthew ArnoldSolidarity (or segregation) foreverThe UAW hall in my hometown is little more than a retirement center now, populated by a smattering of wizened old autoworkers that long ago…Nov 7, 2016Nov 7, 2016
Matthew ArnoldHow Donald Trump stopped the gaslighting of AmericaIt’s quite possible that a decade from now, we’ll look back on Donald Trump’s democratic norms-transgressing, concession-refusing shtick as…Oct 20, 20162Oct 20, 20162
Matthew ArnoldWWJDI’ve been wondering lately what my mom, from whom I inherited most of my political makeup, would make of this election. She spent the prime…Oct 3, 2016Oct 3, 2016
