As Trump embarks on his first foreign trip, his administration tries to cast ‘America First’ in a different light.
Also, helpful definitions of the words ‘autocrat’, ‘fascist’, and ‘demagogue’; why Trump’s name sign is causing controversy in the American Sign Language community; a history of the word ‘hack’ that goes back further than you might expect; what happened to the first people to be called refugees; plus some new music from one of Marco Werman’s favourite bands, Forro in the Dark.
(Photo: Copies of U.S. President Donald Trump’s fiscal 2018 budget request sit on display for sale in Washington, D.C. Credit: Andrew Harrer/Getty Images)
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