Caitlin Bruce identifies the polyrhythmic nature of the city as a potent model for resistance to the Trump administration's tactics, and to anti-urban representations of the city as population instead of populace.
Managing Editors Erica Stein and Brendan Kredell kick off the second phase of From the Editors' Desk by asking what role media and the city can play in an effective response to the rapid pace of change.
Stan Corkin claims the neoliberalization of journalism as a key cause in the rise of Trump, and looks to the fifth season of The Wire as anticipating this phenomenon.
Caitlin Bruce argues that the city could not figure in public imaginaries as a space for authentic populism in the 2016 U.S. election in part because of its long-standing representation as a contagion in cinema.
Media and the urban were two key strands in discussions of the US presidential election and Brexit. The Managing Editors re-connect them in this introduction to our From the Editors' Desk feature.