Melissa Gira Grant
The New Republic
New York, NY, United States
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Past articles by Melissa:
Are Twitter’s Troubles the Beginning of the End of Social Media?
It’s hard to imagine life without social networking apps. But maybe Elon Musk is helping us figure out how. → Read More
QAnon and the Cultification of the American Right
The conspiracy theory has become a theology of right-wing rebellion. → Read More
This Isn’t an Insurrection. It’s an Alliance.
There is only one side at the Capitol siege. → Read More
The Election in Georgia Is About Reproductive Justice
Rather than seeing the concerns that shape our reproductive lives as an obstacle to reaching voters, some organizers are framing their approach around them. They think it’ll pay off. → Read More
The Quiet Suppression of Trans Voters
“Trans people don’t know if that polling place is going to be safe. We don’t know if any place is going to be safe.” → Read More
We Can’t Trust Cops to Protect the Polls
Election officials have to reckon with the reality that the police may be a threat to free and fair elections. → Read More
The Elite Sisterhood of Amy Coney Barrett
Her nomination to the Supreme Court isn’t just about overturning Roe. It’s about redefining womanhood. → Read More
The Era of Disaster Militiaism in America
The vigilantes running wildfire checkpoints in Oregon are the latest right-wing militants to take advantage of a crisis. → Read More
All Police Can Be Secret Police
Local democratic officials denounce the feds when they act with impunity, but their own police departments use many of the same tactics. → Read More
The Dark Obsessions of QAnon Are Merging With Mainstream Conservatism
With Republican candidates and Trump embracing the strange, child trafficking–fixated movement, it can no longer be dismissed as merely a conspiracy theory. → Read More
The Law Was Never Meant for Ghislaine Maxwell
Sex trafficking prosecution has been framed as a universal pursuit people can unite around, but that’s a fantasy. → Read More
The Pandemic Is the Right Time to Defund the Police
The coronavirus has slowed much American police work, but the rate of police killings has remained relatively unchanged. → Read More
A Brief Criminal History of the Mask
How a New York law on “masquerading” passed in the early nineteenth century has been used—and abused—in the decades since → Read More
Pleading for Clemency in a Pandemic
Petitions for early release reveal the contours of people’s lives before incarceration, conditions on the inside, and what might come after. → Read More
“Female Monthly Pills” and the Coded Language of Abortion Before Roe
Our future might look much like our past, with pills as a major part of abortion access—and an obsessive target for abortion opponents. → Read More
Liberal Feminism Has a Sex Work Problem
The National Organization for Women opposes decriminalization. Doing so has led it to gaslight sex workers and echo rhetoric from anti-choice groups and the religious right. → Read More
Not Even the Police Union Could Save Amber Guyger
She has become one of the rare cops to be convicted of murder, despite a system that often works in their favor. → Read More
A Critical Threat to Sex Discrimination Protections
Three Supreme Court cases could redefine workplace rights for gay and trans people—and for everyone else. → Read More
Kamala Harris Gets Slightly Less Tough on Crime
The former prosecutor offered her measured version of criminal justice reform in advance of tonight's Democratic debate. → Read More
When the State Enforces “Straight Pride”
Attacks on LGBTQ people are on the rise across the country. In Boston, right-wing extremists got the police to do their dirty work. → Read More