Luke Mogelson and Susan B. Glasser report on the convulsions of Donald Trump’s final days in office: an unprecedented second impeachment of a President and the threat of insurrectionary violence hovering over the entire nation. Plus, a game designer offers insights on how the conspiracy movement QAnon has captivated so many people so dangerously. And a conversation with the director of “MLK/FBI,” a documentary that examines the government’s campaign against the civil-rights leader.
President Trump’s Last Stand
The violence that has marked Donald Trump’s final days in office is the culmination of four years of willful distortions of reality and disregard of the rule of law.
QAnon Is an Alternate Reality, But It’s No Game
A game designer explains how the forces behind QAnon have used the tools of alternate-reality games, creating a highly immersive fiction that they claim is true.
How Far Has the F.B.I. Gone to Protect White Supremacy?
A new documentary reveals how the agency first surveilled Martin Luther King, Jr., and then attempted to destroy his reputation and public life.
