Donald Trump has deputized a questionably legal extragovernmental actor. Elon Musk's mission is not just to dismantle the federal government, but to demoralize it.

Tressie McMillan Cottom, an associate professor at the University of North Carolina, is an opinion columnist for the New York Times, where this originally appeared. Her previous article was “Eat ...

TSP Board members Jordyn Wald, Emma Goldstein, Forrest Lovette discuss Tressie McMillan Cottom recent opinion piece in The ...

EDITOR'S NOTE: Tressie McMillan Cottom is a professor at UNC-Chapel Hill's School of Information and Library Science, the author of “Thick: And Other Essays” and a 2020 MacArthur fellow.

Sean 'Diddy' Combs spoke about his respect for the Me Too movement. When asked to elaborate, though, he grew uncomfortable.

Tressie McMillan Cottom is a professor with the Center for Information, Technology and Public Life at UNC-Chapel Hill, a New York Times columnist, and 2020 MacArthur Fellow. McMillan Cottom is known ...

day and the inauguration of Donald Trump as our 47th President. We reflect on this with scholars Tressie McMillan Cottom and Eddie Glaude. KUOW is Seattle’s NPR news station. We are an ...

Monday marks both the observance of Martin Luther King Jr. day and the inauguration of Donald Trump as our 47th President. We reflect on this with scholars Tressie McMillan Cottom and Eddie Glaude.