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Max Fisher

Max Fisher

Former Vox Staff

    Latest articles by Max Fisher

    2016 Presidential Election
    Watch Trump’s appalling response as a supporter calls to “get rid” of all MuslimsWatch Trump’s appalling response as a supporter calls to “get rid” of all Muslims
    2016 Presidential Election

    The support also said President Obama was Muslim, to the crowd’s and Trump’s apparent approval.

    By Max Fisher
    Criminal Justice
    “People will always have your back”: The amazing lesson Ahmed Mohamed took from his arrest“People will always have your back”: The amazing lesson Ahmed Mohamed took from his arrest
    Criminal Justice

    Video of the 14-year-old’s first TV interview

    By Max Fisher
    2016 Presidential Election
    Ahmed Mohamed came up in the JV Republican debate. It didn’t go well.Ahmed Mohamed came up in the JV Republican debate. It didn’t go well.
    2016 Presidential Election

    Candidates refused even to say his name.

    By Max Fisher
    Explainers
    It’s not just Trump: Islamophobia in America is out of controlIt’s not just Trump: Islamophobia in America is out of control
    Explainers

    The country’s 2.6 million Muslim citizens increasingly live in an atmosphere of fear and hostility.

    By Max Fisher
    Politics
    Here’s how a Texas school explained arresting a 14-year-old Muslim boy for making a clockHere’s how a Texas school explained arresting a 14-year-old Muslim boy for making a clock
    Politics

    The school sent a letter the next day implying the arrest was the boy’s fault and urging parents to look for “suspicious behavior.”

    By Max Fisher
    Defense & Security
    The GOP’s new Iran deal plan is cynical, dishonest, and politically brilliantThe GOP’s new Iran deal plan is cynical, dishonest, and politically brilliant
    Defense & Security

    The new strategy is to turn a misleading “secret side deal” issue into the next Benghazi controversy.

    By Max Fisher
    Syria
    9 questions about the refugee crisis you were too embarrassed to ask9 questions about the refugee crisis you were too embarrassed to ask
    Syria

    Why is this happening now? Why won’t Europe take more? How did things get so bad in Syria?

    By Max Fisher and Amanda Taub
    Syria
    How Syria’s civil war began, in one devastating timelineHow Syria’s civil war began, in one devastating timeline
    Syria

    How Bashar al-Assad turned peaceful protests into one of the worst humanitarian crises of our lifetimes.

    By Max Fisher
    Syria
    We painstakingly annotated Donald Trump’s strange and revealing foreign policy interviewWe painstakingly annotated Donald Trump’s strange and revealing foreign policy interview
    Syria

    “I will be so good at the military, your head will spin.”

    By Max Fisher
    World Politics
    Obama left a pretty personal Facebook comment on this Humans of New York photo from IranObama left a pretty personal Facebook comment on this Humans of New York photo from Iran
    World Politics

    That he chose to comment on a photo of an Iranian family, and to talk about fatherhood, seems meaningful.

    By Max Fisher