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Alexander Hurst

Alexander Hurst is a Paris-based writer, editor, and freelance journalist.

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November 6, 2019

Alexander Hurst

The Vigilante President

As impeachment and the 2020 election loom, Trump’s hard-core supporters are poised to unleash a wave of violence against their enemies.

January 7, 2019

Alexander Hurst

The Ugly, Illiberal, Anti-Semitic Heart of the Yellow Vest Movement

The protests have combined legitimate economic grievances with the worst of far-right politics. And the French left has been happy to go along.

December 14, 2018

Alexander Hurst

Escape From the Trump Cult

Millions of Americans are blindly devoted to their Dear Leader. What will it take for them to snap out of it?

December 31, 2015

Alexander Hurst

Donald Trump and the Politics of Disgust

The Republican presidential front-runner is disgusted by a lot of things. And it's resonating with voters.