Michael McGrady Jr.
Michael McGrady Jr., M.Sc., is an investigative legal journalist and essayist who covers topics such as the rights of sex workers and LGBTQ+ individuals in digital environments. He is also a political science lecturer and adjunct instructor of American government and politics.
Posts by Michael McGrady Jr.
Extreme Misogyny Is an Endemic Social and Political Crisis
I conducted a journalistic investigation into the online manosphere last year. Writing for the Salt Lake City Weekly, I discovered that UN Women, the United... Read More
The Atrocity of Trump’s Ideological Revisionism at 250 Years of American Empire
Two hundred fifty years ago, the Declaration of Independence was signed by 56 men of the era—all of them members of the Second Continental... Read More
Deeper Into the Mechanisms of Donald Trump’s Censorship Regime
The regime of Republican President Donald Trump is an enterprise built on perfidy, corruption and bigotry. It is clear, given the conduct of the... Read More
Trump’s Censorship Machine and the Post-Truth Presidency
For decades, conservatives and far-right adherents have cried that “radical leftists” and the “anti-Christian left” are censoring their freedom of expression. Many still believe this... Read More
Queer Memoricide and State Sanctioned Oppression
Tuesday, March 31 was the International Transgender Day of Visibility. This year's day of visibility came at a bellwether moment as efforts intensified to... Read More
War, Violence, and the Internalized Male Toxicity Among Trump and His Supporters
War in the Middle East is upon us again, it seems. Blame the many men in power in all of the countries involved. The... Read More
American Death Squads: ICE and the Administrative Evil of ‘Just Following Orders’
Renée Good, Alex Pretti, Parady La, Heber Sánchez Dominguez, Luis Beltrán Yáñez–Cruz, Víctor Manuel Díaz, Geraldo Lunas Campos and Luis Gustavo Núñez Cáceres were... Read More