SURVIVING AUTOCRACY

In the run-up to the 2016 election, Masha Gessen stood out from other journalists for the ability to convey the ominous significance of Donald Trumps speech and behavior, unprecedented in a national candidate. Within forty-eight hours of his victory, the essay A utocracy: Rules for Survival had gone viral, and Gessens coverage of his norm-smashing presidency became essential reading for a c itizenry struggling to wrap their heads around the unimaginable. Thanks to the special perspective that is the legacy of a Soviet ch ildhood and ...[Read more]