Politics

"You can't ignore politics, no matter how much you'd like to." — Molly Ivins

“There is Sin and Evil in the World”: Reagan, Trump, and the News Media
Diane Winston explains the rise of Donald Trump by looking back to Ronald Reagan and his “Evil Empire” speech.
Diane WinstonSep 30, 2016
- Politics
The Art of the Possible: Peter Frase’s “Four Futures”
Jedediah Purdy on Peter Frase’s work of science fiction social theory “Four Futures: Life After Capitalism”
Jedediah PurdySep 27, 2016
- Philosophy & Religion
- Politics
Serious Literature: On Hua Hsu’s “A Floating Chinaman”
Min Hyoung Song explores the legacies of Pearl S. Buck and H. T. Tsiang in Hua Hsu's "A Floating Chinaman."
Min Hyoung SongSep 25, 2016
“The Battle of Algiers” at 50: From 1960s Radicalism to the Classrooms of West Point
Madeleine Dobie considers what it is that draws national security agencies to "The Battle of Algiers."
Madeleine DobieSep 25, 2016
- Film
- Politics
Turn Left or Get Shot
Priyanka Kumar on Elizabeth Hinton's "From the War on Poverty to the War on Crime."
Priyanka KumarSep 24, 2016
- Law
- Politics
Picking Up the Pieces
Stephen E. Hanson on Aviezer Tucker's "The Legacies of Totalitarianism."
Stephen E. HansonSep 24, 2016
- History
- Politics
Conventional Media
A-J Aronstein uses Norman Mailer and "Medium Cool" to recall the 1968 Democratic National Convention.
A-J AronsteinSep 20, 2016
- Politics
Gentrification
A satirical piece by Yxta Maya Murray about the Boyle Heights artwashing controversy.
Yxta Maya MurraySep 19, 2016
- Cultural Studies
- Politics
Freelance Constitutionalism: Akhil Amar and the History that Shadows Us
Laura W. Brill looks at Akhil Amar's "The Constitution Today."
Laura W. BrillSep 17, 2016
- Law
- Politics
The Border Wall
Casey Walker offers a personal relation to Trump’s Wall.
Sep 17, 2016
- Politics
Žižek’s Trans/gender Trouble
Che Gossett responds to Slavoj Žižek’s essay “The Sexual Is Political,” published in "The Philosophical Salon."
Che GossettSep 13, 2016
America First: Reading “The Plot Against America” in the Age of Trump
Mark P. Bresnan views the rise of Donald Trump through the lens of “The Plot Against America” by Philip Roth.
Mark P. BresnanSep 11, 2016
- Fiction
- Politics