In Alabama, ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Is a Haunting Metaphor

In Alabama, ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Is a Haunting Metaphor

The year is 2019. It is a time of chasmic divides. Republican rule has taken hold in America. The land aches from unrest. In the Deep South, once a province of notorious racial and social subjugation, history again flirts with twisted judgement. On Tuesday, 25 state senators—all of whom were white men, and who, like …