Donald Trump and the MAGA movement not only changed the Republican Party, but actually destroyed American conservatism in its previous form, says Peter Wechner, author of The Atlantic magazine. In his article, he explains how Trump "has set about nurturing and encouraging the ugliest passions within the Republican Party, pouring kerosene on the embers of hatred." We are publishing a translation of this article.

Do we live in a world of fake news and propaganda—or in a world of unprecedented levels of professional investigation and the most accurate fact-checking in human history? Or maybe one is connected with the other? And who to trust when there is no one to trust? Artist and publicist Maxim Trudolyubov, in the “Sunday Sermon” section, shares his personal recipe for resisting catastrophic thinking and total polarization.