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Sophia A. McClennen is Professor of International Affairs and Comparative Literature at the Pennsylvania State University. She writes on the intersections between culture, politics, and society. Her latest book is "Trump Was a Joke: How Satire Made Sense of a President Who Didn't."

Jeff Sessions; James Baldwin in "I Am Not Your Negro" (Getty/Alex Wong/Magnolia Pictures)

#WhiteHouseSoWhite: “I Am Not Your Negro” illuminates America’s ongoing race problem

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(NBC/CBS)

Hitting Trump where it hurts: The satire troops take up comedy arms against Donald Trump

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(AP/Andrew Harnik/Getty/Brian Blanco/Dennis Grombkowski)

The end of the world as we know it: The Donald Trump White House is set to destroy decades of U.S. foreign policy

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(Reuters/Carlo Allegri/Getty/Bryan R. Smith/Mireia Triguero Roura)

An American tragicomedy: The Trump spectacle as a new brand of theater

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(NBC)

Alec Baldwin’s Donald Trump tightrope: Brilliantly impersonating a president who’s already impersonating a president

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Barack Obama; Donald Trump; Vladimir Putin; Hillary Clinton (AP/Getty/Reuters/Evan Vucci/Ivan Sekretarev/Ty Wright/Rainier Ehrhardt)

The new American exceptionalism: How the Russian connection to the 2016 election signals the destruction of our nation’s ideals

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Michael Moore (Getty/Thos Robinson)

Michael Moore gives me hope: 5 reasons why he’s a leader the left needs now

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"The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" (Getty/Brad Barket)

Don’t blame Jon Stewart for Donald Trump: Comedy Central didn’t make America fall for “fake news” and “post-truth”

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(IFC)

Working class hero: Ken Loach’s “I, Daniel Blake” is a must-see in the era of Brexit and Donald Trump

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(Getty/Alex Wong/AP/Manuel Balce Ceneta/Carolyn Kaster/Getty/Drew Angerer/AP/Patrick Semansky)

Degeneration nation: It takes a village of idiots to raise a kakistocracy like Donald Trump’s

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Jon Stewart; Alex Jones (Reuters/Lucas Jackson/Getty/Brad Barket/Photo montage by Salon)

All “fake news” is not equal — but smart or dumb, it all grows from the same root

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(AP/Phelan M. Ebenhack/William J. Smith)

Academic witch hunts are back: The new McCarthyism, a sign of the stupidity of the post-truth era

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“I’m mad as hell and I’m not going to take it anymore!”: Understanding anger in the Donald Trump era

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Donald Trump; George W. Bush (AP/John Raoux/Reuters/Larry Downing/Photo montage by Salon)

Like a double dose of Dubya: Donald Trump’s presidency will be like the George W. Bush disaster — only worse

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Is this how our Free Press dies? How our 45th president could spell the end of an independent Fourth Estate

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Juan Flores, a traditional Aztec dancer, at a rally in support for the protestors at Standing Rock, North Dakota (Getty/Sandy Huffaker)

#NoDAPL is #NativeLivesMatter: The protests at Standing Rock are not only about environmentalism, they’re about racism

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I’m with stupid: The entire 2016 election has been an insult to our intelligence

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Michael Moore; Donald Trump (Getty/Daniel Leal-Olivas/Reuters/David Becker)

“Michael Moore in TrumpLand”: A film whose surprising healing power is needed now more than ever

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Occupy Wall Street demonstrators dance as hundreds of protesters gather during a May Day labor rally (Getty/Monika Graff)

Nobody 2016: The millennial voters are engaged, not apathetic — but the candidates are pathetic

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Syrian man holding a girl as he stands on the rubble of houses that were destroyed by Syrian government forces air strikes in Aleppo, Syria (AP)

“Because ISIS”: Whoever wins the presidential election, the Middle East loses

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(AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

The crisis runs deep: The candidates are just part of it — 10 reasons why our democracy is in real danger

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Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump (Reuters/Lucy Nicholson/AP/Steve Helber/Photo montage by Salon)

Fear is a great motivator: How to reconcile voting for Clinton while still supporting progressive candidates

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Larry Wilmore; Donald Trump; Jon Stewart (AP/Reuters/David McNew/Rick Wilking/Lucas Jackson/Photo montage by Salon)

Jon Stewart resigned, Trump is a joke and Larry Wilmore got canceled: Understanding the power of political satire this election

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Men inspect a damaged site after double airstrikes on the rebel held Bab al-Nairab neighborhood of Aleppo, Syria, August 27, 2016. (Reuters/Abdalrhman Ismail)

On the eve of the 15th anniversary of 9/11, the Aleppo gaffes show we have learned nothing

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