Last month, Attorney General Bob Ferguson, a dyed-in-the-wool Democrat, sailed to victory in the gubernatorial race. The state’s Republican Party announced the launch of the “Project to Resist Tyranny ...
and his willingness to resist tyranny, look to the streets of Hong Kong. Some 2 million residents of the city gathered there, in protest. The population of the city is only 7.3 million.
For “Runner,” Mr. Koohestani also drew inspiration from specific examples of tyranny and resistance — notable among them the death in 2022 of Mahsa Amini, after that young woman was arrested by ...