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Donald Trump is literally shameless. That will make it impossible to hold him to account

The president-elect's lack of shame will make it a lot harder to hold him to account.

By Jonn Elledge
  • Donald Trump is literally shameless. That will make it impossible to hold him to account

    The president-elect's lack of shame will make it a lot harder to hold him to account.

    By Jonn Elledge
    21 November
  • “Make America White Again”: how US racial politics led to the election of Donald Trump

    Just as Richard Nixon’s Southern Strategy came after civil rights protests, the President-Elect’s campaign followed an African-American president.

    By Lola Adesioye
    21 November
  • International Men's Day can combat the patriarchal pressure of the alt-right

    In the online "manosphere" the election of Donald Trump is being heralded as a triumph of toxic masculinity.

    By Mark Brown
    19 November
  • Donald Trump's success is built on the ruins of the Third Way

    The left needs to find a way past the legacy of the Clinton and Blair era to form a coalition capable of winning back working-class voters.

    By Jacob Stevens
    18 November
  • What to expect from Peter Thiel, the tech entrepreneur backing Donald Trump’s presidency

    The Silicon Valley billionaire who brought down Gawker is an influential Donald Trump backer.

    By Anoosh Chakelian
    17 November
  • #PresidentTrumps1stTantrum scenarios list Donald Trump arguing with his own parody Twitter account

    Twitter users are predicting the first hissy fit the President-Elect will throw when he takes office.

    By Media Mole
    15 November
  • The Simpsons take a dig at Donald Trump's win, and admit “being right sucks”

    After jokingly predicting a Trump presidency in a previous episode, the shows creators responded to the billionaire's shock victory.

    By Media Mole
    15 November
  • Mike Pence as Donald Trump’s Vice President is bad news for social liberals

    The evangelical Christian ideologue will push his anti-abortion, anti-gay agenda.

    By Anoosh Chakelian
    14 November
  • Only satire can save us from the horror of Donald Trump's victory

    My only advice to those, like me, worrying about the possible impact of the president-elect on gay rights is to use humour to counteract the gloom.

    By Eleanor Margolis
    14 November
  • Hillary Clinton lost because of her gender, and it hurts like hell

    This election result sends the message to little girls that even if you work really, really hard at something, your abuser will still end up winning.

    By Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
    14 November

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