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Talia Lavin

freelance writer and book author

Talia Lavin is a freelance writer whose work has appeared in The New Yorker, The Washington Post, GQ, The Village Voice, The New Republic and many more publications. She is the author of the books “Culture Warlords: My Journey Into the Dark Web of White Supremacy” (Hachette Books, 2020) and “Wild Faith: How the Christian Right is Taking Over America” (October 2024). Her newsletter, The Sword and the Sandwich, is featured in Best American Food and Travel Writing 2024.

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Photo illustration: A space rocket made of dollar bills.

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The right-wing freakout about ‘critical race theory’ began in the 1960s

Photo illustration: An elephant holding a flag with QAnon symbol and a shield with the Republican party logo.

Bigger than QAnon: Democrats can’t ignore the GOP’s holy war

Photo illustration: A person wearing a suit and a protective mask speaking into a dictaphone.

FDR paid artists to capture the Depression’s stories. Biden can do the same for the Covid-19 era.

Image: White House policy adviser Stephen Miller is seen at the Ohio Republican Party State Dinner in Columbus on Aug. 24, 2018.

Stephen Miller’s ‘America First Legal’ wants courts to endorse white supremacy

Image: A police officer with a Blue Lives Matter flag in a procession route during a memorial service.

Behind the ‘Thin Blue Line’ flag: America’s history of police violence

Photo illustration of yellow colored chalk strikes on a black background and a vaccine that cuts across them.

Biden’s Covid vaccine plan still forgets incarcerated population

Image: Illustration shows two figures being sucked into a digital rabbit hole with QAnon and number 17 symbols.

How QAnon helps its followers find conspiracy in chaos

Image: Paul Gosar speaking at a news conference.

College students are falling in love with white supremacy. Rep. Paul Gosar is helping.