Articles by Nesrine Malik | ||||
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id | published @ | title | author | tweets |
790 | 2020-11-11 | Not every Trump voter is racist or misled. There’s a rational Trump voter too Joe Biden won the US elections last week. But Donald Trump still got a record-breaking 71 million votes. These can’t all be explained away by ignorance and racism. There’s a rational Trump voter who we need to understand if we want to keep the forces of populism at bay. |
Nesrine Malik | 164 |
776 | 2020-11-02 | The future of America is not decided tomorrow. It’s decided every day The media has gone into overdrive: America decides! The future of the country and the world is at stake! But real transformative change does not occur overnight – it’s the result of lots of small decisions that happen when we’re not paying attention. |
Nesrine Malik | 40 |
763 | 2020-10-22 | Trump’s legacy will extend far beyond his presidency even if he loses A Biden win is not the end |
Nesrine Malik | 3 |
749 | 2020-10-15 | Why has Africa been spared? The continent did some things differently, but does that explain why it avoided the worst of the pandemic? |
Nesrine Malik | 3 |
740 | 2020-10-09 | Amid the drama of the election, US voters are forgotten 2016 was a cry for help that did nothing but entrench all the corruption and venality of American politics. |
Nesrine Malik | 2 |
720 | 2020-09-30 | Why the world can get worse by constantly saying it’s getting better Progress is a measure of things being different, not necessarily better. And talking about it as an achievement can actually make it more difficult to spur real forward movement. If we want to understand our society’s progress, we need to change the way we speak about it. |
Nesrine Malik | 41 |
683 | 2020-09-10 | Our world is built for profit. Let’s build one that protects us instead We live in a society where it’s easier to get a Michelin-star meal delivered to our doorstep than it is to get a medical mask that protects our nurses and doctors. And it’s designed that way. But we can change it for the better, just as we can ourselves. |
Nesrine Malik | 103 |
602 | 2020-07-22 | In praise of office work It’s taken me a lockdown to realise: offices aren’t about work, they’re about life. |
Nesrine Malik | 2 |
576 | 2020-07-09 | How 50 years of racial progress fuelled a global movement against racism Protests against racial injustice are nothing new, but they’re different this time around. The Black Lives Matter movement is a response to worsening racism, but it’s also the result of black people’s increasing power, influence and progress. |
Nesrine Malik | 46 |
554 | 2020-06-30 | Brexit happened by a thousand cuts. The challenge now is to build back trust A decisive round of Brexit talks begins this week. Don’t be fooled – there isn’t much to look forward to when it’s completed. After political deadlock and infighting, Brexit has fractured the trust between a people and their government. |
Nesrine Malik | 2 |
549 | 2020-06-24 | Transition is harder than change On grappling with what life will look like after coronavirus. |
Nesrine Malik | 3 |
536 | 2020-06-17 | The unintended consequences of solidarity Read black writers and learn from them about anything, not just race. |
Nesrine Malik | 2 |
522 | 2020-06-10 | Black lives sometimes need a minute Let us breathe and give us space. It’s been a rough couple of weeks. |
Nesrine Malik | 8 |
474 | 2020-05-28 | Meet our Better Politics correspondent, Nesrine Malik We read a lot about what’s going on in the world, but very little on how we can use politics to make people’s lives better. This beat wants to change that narrative. |
Nesrine Malik | 2 |
494 | 2020-05-28 | Why US Americans always end up with a president who is less progressive than they are The majority of people in the US are progressive on the big issues, but the media and political establishment close ranks to make sure they get a card-carrying centrist candidate like Joe Biden. If progressives want to win, they’ll have to reframe the debate. |
Nesrine Malik | 27 |
459 | 2020-05-13 | We’re not all in this together Lockdown means different things to different people. For some of us it might turn out to have been a gift. |
Nesrine Malik | 2 |
425 | 2020-04-24 | The real story of US American democracy isn’t the drama. It’s the complete unresponsiveness to it Democracy in the United States has often been declared at risk – if not actually dead, then at least, on life support. But American democracy isn’t dead, it’s in a deep and worrying coma. |
Nesrine Malik | 107 |
409 | 2020-04-15 | Why won’t our parents self-isolate? If you’re having trouble keeping your elderly parents inside, try spending more time with them. |
Nesrine Malik | 1 |
393 | 2020-04-08 | What makes a revolution successful? Revolutions are explosions of demand for a better politics. If they’re achieved they’re not in vain, despite the terrible pain they inflict. |
Nesrine Malik | 2 |
383 | 2020-04-01 | How do you do, fellow kids? Memes: an unexpected way and a small price to pay for moments of shared amusement and connectedness. |
Nesrine Malik | 1 |
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