The Sea Is Not Anonymous: On Jeffrey S. Kahn’s “Islands of Sovereignty: Haitian Migration and the Borders of Empire”
One of the strangest and most contentious borders in US history is the watery one with Haiti.
“The only stable state is the one in which all men are equal before the law.” — Aristotle
One of the strangest and most contentious borders in US history is the watery one with Haiti.
Allison CoffeltMay 14, 2019
Stephen Rohde reads the Mueller Report and looks at past impeachment proceedings to determine where we go from here.
Stephen RohdeMay 3, 2019
Laurie Winer reviews several plays currently on Broadway, including "Hadestown," "To Kill a Mockingbird," and "My Fair Lady."
Laurie WinerApr 26, 2019
Mark Ellis reviews William A. Schabas's meticulously researched and gripping "The Trial of the Kaiser."
Mark EllisApr 8, 2019
Erwin Chemerinsky's "We the People" is a rallying cry for progressives to get out of their funk.
Laurie L. LevensonApr 3, 2019
"First: Sandra Day O’Connor" is the happy product of a rare publishing phenomenon: the marriage of a significant subject with a mature, empathetic...
Jonathan ShapiroApr 1, 2019
"The Free Speech Century" is a rich buffet of intellectual delicacies, which need not be gorged in one sitting but can be enjoyably sampled at...
Stephen RohdeMar 8, 2019
Siva Vaidhyanathan's "Antisocial Media" paints a bleak picture of Facebook's impact, but are its policy prescriptions enough?
Robert GorwaMar 4, 2019
Stephen Rohde delivers a speech on the judicial legacy of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
Stephen RohdeFeb 27, 2019
Sara Campos reviews Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Jose Antonio Vargas new memoir, "Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen."
Sara CamposFeb 26, 2019
Sabrina Alli reviews "The Meaning of Life: The Case for Abolishing Life Sentences" and "Insane: America’s Criminal Treatment of Mental Illness."
Sabrina AlliFeb 15, 2019
A years-long visual investigation into how Iraq War blowback is playing out in Egypt, the second-largest recipient of US military aid.
Elle Kurancid, Hamada ElrasamFeb 13, 2019