Make America Austria Again: How Robert Musil Predicted the Rise of Donald Trump
What can "The Man Without Qualities" teach us about Donald Trump?
Politics
"You can't ignore politics, no matter how much you'd like to." — Molly Ivins
Back to Baku: A Report from the Seventh Global Forum of the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations
Kristin Surak on the 7th Global Forum of the UN Alliance of Civilizations and the 1920 Congress of the Peoples of the East (both held in Baku).
Criminal Over-Incarceration
Lucas Anderson on William R. Kelly’s “Criminal Justice at the Crossroads”.
Life and Death in Rio de Janeiro
With the Olympics just on the horizon, Jez Smadja reviews "Rio de Janeiro: Extreme City".
From Orlando to Brexit to Baghdad: 2016’s Summer of Violence Requires a Radical Rethinking of Queer Politics
What the Pulse shooting tells us about violent masculinity and queer politics in the Arab World.
The Humiliation Machine
“The Way to the Spring” makes us understand that the creation of this kind of Palestinian despair is what the Israeli humiliation machine hopes to produce.
Getting Away with War and Torture
Scholar-activist Rebecca Gordon has published a bold new book that takes on America’s current age of injustice.
Where I Used to Walk
A poem by Juan Felipe Herrera in memorium for the officers killed in Baton Rouge
Systemic Breakdown
Mervyn King’s "The End of Alchemy" is a book that demands close attention.
Connected Through Oppression: The Past, Present, and Future of the #BlackLivesMatter Movement
Insight on the #BlackLivesMatter movement and the ongoing struggle for justice and equality.
Is There Life After Capitalism?
Chris Nealon reviews Paul Mason’s “Postcapitalism: A Guide to Our Future.”
Black Lives Matter in Higher Learning
Why #blacklivesmatter still matters.
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