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Rich Benjamin

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Rich Benjamin, a fellow at the Economic Hardship Reporting Project, is the author of "Searching for Whitopia: An Improbable Journey to the Heart of White America." He is currently working on a nonfiction book that will be a family memoir and portrait of America. He was a judge in 2017 for PEN America's John Kenneth Galbraith Award for Nonfiction.

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Donald Trump speaks to supporters at a campaign rally at Arnold Palmer Regional Airport.

Voices

Democrats Need to Wake Up: The Trump Movement Is Shot Through With Fascism

Rich Benjamin

- Sep. 27, 2020

The sooner liberals understand that Trump’s supporters don’t care about autocracy, the better they can push to win this election.

Voices

I Am a Book Critic. Here's What Is Wrong With "Black Lists" -- and What Is Good.

Rich Benjamin

- Jun. 29, 2020

We are in the era of Black Lives Matter, but anti-racism books should not hold value only in relation to troubled times.

COPS, 1989

Voices

Not Just "Cops": It's Time to End the Entertainment Industry's Anti-Black, Pro-Police Programming

Rich Benjamin

- Jun. 20, 2020

The culture industry has consolidated the power of corrupt policing. We need a root-and-branch transformation of entertainment itself.

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