Author: Sarah Kendzior

How the hell has it only been two weeks since Comey was fired? Anyway. In the meantime, I went to Estonia to speak to foreign dignitaries, came back,…

Here is a selection of notable articles and interviews I did on Russia, in reverse chronological order. If you’re trying to catch up, this is good place to…

My articles and interviews from the past four days: Marie Claire: The healthcare bill exposes Trump’s chilling authoritarian agenda (5/8/17) Baltic News Service, “Kendzior: Truth Still Matters&#…

It was a busy week — I spoke at NYU, at an education conference in Toronto, and at UC Berkeley. Clips may be online soon. I also did some…

My latest articles and interviews, on Trump, Russia, North Korea, Syria, and more: Globe and Mail: Trump craves praise. We praise him for bombings. What could possibly go wrong? (4/13/17)…

Articles and interviews from the last week: Globe and Mail: At long last, a forum where Trump cannot escape the truth (3/21/17) World Policy Journal: From Andijon to Bowling Green:…

If you got the money, honey, they got your disease. My latest articles and interviews: Globe and Mail: Some call this America’s resistance. Really, we are helping each other…

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 Pre…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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.…

We are running out of time. My interviews and articles about what awaits, written since Election Day: A fascist’s win, America’s moral loss (11/9/16) — Globe and Mail…

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…

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…

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…

For the Globe and Mail, I wrote about the virtues of low enthusiasm when it comes to political candidates: If this election has taught us anything, it is…

My article on the third debate for the Globe and Mail: In Mr. Trump’s alternate reality, Ms. Clinton occupies two contradictory positions. First, she is so powerful that…

Too busy to update this site lately. A couple of new(ish) articles on the election: Donald Trump’s conspiracy theories are making his supporters paranoid — and dangerous (10/13/16)…

For the Globe and Mail, some thoughts on the worst presidential debate in US history: Who won the debate? Does it matter? When this country has sunk this…

Last night I got to watch two Midwesterners debate each other in a style any Missouri resident knows well — “Midwestern nice.” On Kaine vs Pence: The vice-presidential…

For De Correspondent, I wrote about the murder of Darren Seals, a Ferguson activist who believed the local movement here had been coopted: September 6, 2016, Darren Seals,…

More on the presidential debate for Quartz: That is the difference between skepticism and nihilism. The latter is what some elite journalists did by declaring Trump the winner…