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How Israel Lost America
Saree Makdisi writes on the student protests against Israel’s genocide in Gaza.
Education
Here Be Monstrous Architects: On Joshua Comaroff and Ong Ker-Shing’s “Horror in Architecture”
Stephanie Schoellman reviews Joshua Comaroff and Ong Ker-Shing’s “Horror in Architecture: The Reanimated Edition.”
For Whom Is Campus to Be Safe?
Prof. Saree Makdisi diagnoses how the university, the police, and the media have failed our students protesting on behalf of Gazan lives.
The College Writing Center in Times of Crisis
Genie N. Giaimo explores the need for more comprehensive guidance for writing centers during various crises of late-stage capitalism.
Inspiration from the Luddites: On Brian Merchant’s “Blood in the Machine”
Three educators find inspiration for fighting automation in the classroom in Brian Merchant’s “Blood in the Machine: The Origins of the Rebellion Against Big Tech.”
Racial Equality After Affirmative Action: Towards a New Structure of Feeling
Christopher Newfield argues that we need a new narrative to combat the US Supreme Court’s right-wing story about racial inequities.
Revisiting Madonna-ology in the Era of Taylor Swift Studies
Michael Dango dissects the history and stakes of Madonna studies.
Sankofa Time
Abena Ampofoa Asare writes about teaching Black history.
For Luck or Merit: On Jessi Streib’s “The Accidental Equalizer”
Johann Neem reviews Jessi Streib’s new book, “The Accidental Equalizer: How Luck Determines Pay After College.”
Against Coolness: On Two New Books About Being a Student
Todd Shy reviews Michael S. Roth’s “The Student: A Short History” and Adam Gopnik’s “The Real Work: On the Mystery of Mastery.”
Is It Possible to Teach Anti-Capitalism? On James Rushing Daniel’s “Toward an Anti-Capitalist Composition”
Ryan Boyd reviews James Rushing Daniels’s “Toward an Anti-Capitalist Composition.”
Against the MFA Contrarians
Joel Cuthbertson defends the creative writing MFA as an educational, not a vocational, enterprise.
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