Sophia A. McClennen

Sophia A. McClennen is Professor of International Affairs and Comparative Literature at the Pennsylvania State University. She writes on the intersections between culture, politics, and society. Her latest book is "Trump Was a Joke: How Satire Made Sense of a President Who Didn't."

Hasan Minhaj
Off with his head: The manufactured scandal over Hasan Minhaj Sophia A. McClennen
Hasan Minhaj guest hosts
Hasan Minhaj and the New Yorker: Who decided comedy needed fact-checking? Sophia A. McClennen
Donald Trump
The news media is blowing Trump coverage again Sophia A. McClennen
Donald Trump
Sick of Trump? Try laughing at him Sophia A. McClennen
Red Tide Warnings
Neoliberalism made us broke. Now it's killing us Sophia A. McClennen
Donald Trump
Donald Trump is the worst kind of fool Sophia A. McClennen
Donald Trump
Why Trump will lose in 2024: He's committed the cardinal sin of reality TV — he's boring Sophia A. McClennen
Retrograde
"Taking sides is not my job": "Retrograde" filmmaker Matthew Heineman on documenting a war's end Sophia A. McClennen
Wes Moore; Joe Biden; Jill Biden; Chris Van Hollen
Why the mainstream news media got its midterms election coverage so wrong Sophia A. McClennen
Retrograde
Matthew Heineman’s documentary "Retrograde": A chilling, intimate view of the Afghanistan War's end Sophia A. McClennen
Michael Moore
Michael Moore predicts Democrats will win big in the midterms. Could he be right again? Sophia A. McClennen
Washington DC Capitol Line Graph
Stop obsessing over election polls — the less attention voters and the media give them, the better Sophia A. McClennen
Anti-Muslim Protester
American Muslims are successful, optimistic and patriotic: But Islamophobia is worse than ever Sophia A. McClennen
Donald Trump
How Trump redefined shameless hypocrisy — and made it politically indispensable Sophia A. McClennen
Vladimir Putin; A destroyed tank lies in rubble, in central Mariupol
Putin’s real goal in Ukraine isn’t territory Sophia A. McClennen