Rich Benjamin
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.
VoicesDemocrats Need to Wake Up: The Trump Movement Is Shot Through With Fascism
The sooner liberals understand that Trump’s supporters don’t care about autocracy, the better they can push to win this election.
VoicesI Am a Book Critic. Here’s What Is Wrong With “Black Lists” — and What Is Good.
We are in the era of Black Lives Matter, but anti-racism books should not hold value only in relation to troubled times.
Protests for Black LivesNot Just “Cops”: It’s Time to End the Entertainment Industry’s Anti-Black, Pro-Police Programming
The culture industry has consolidated the power of corrupt policing. We need a root-and-branch transformation of entertainment itself.