Politics

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

The Journalist: Judith Miller’s Side of the Story
Judith Miller's intentions for writing this memoir aren't in question. What has been, and what continues to be, questionable is the accuracy of her writing.
Brachah GoykadoshSep 9, 2015
- Memoir & Essay
- Politics
The View from Bodrum
Herodotus would have had much to say about both the events that led to the tragic death of Aylan Kurdi, and the way it has been treated in the media.
Robert ZaretskySep 9, 2015
- Politics
Turkey Under Western Eyes
"Turkish Awakening" attempts to move beyond an orientalist epistemology.
Kaya GençSep 6, 2015
- Politics
Après Katrina, Le Déluge
Gary Rivlin's "Katrina: After the Flood" argues that "Katrina was pretext for ridding New Orleans of enough blacks … so that whites were once again in the majority."
Rien FertelAug 29, 2015
- Politics
Katrina’s Bullets: Ronnie Greene on Police Violence
To read Ronnie Greene’s Shots on the Bridge in the time of Black Lives Matter is to confront rage.
Jervey TervalonAug 28, 2015
- Cultural Studies
- Politics
It’s Demand, Stupid: The Cause and Cure of Our Economic Travails
Every month Americans consume between $30 and $40 billion worth of manufactured goods from China.
Tom StreithorstAug 24, 2015
- Politics
Closing Platforms
Stuart Whatley on how the media is using the latest platforms of technology in a way that pulls "the news" from the light of truth and deeper into the cave.
Stuart WhatleyAug 19, 2015
- Politics
Don’t Settle: The Journalist in the Shadow of the Commercial Web
A good journalist makes society more democratic.
Guy Patrick CunninghamAug 16, 2015
- Politics
The Intervention Conversation: The Movement of Black Lives Matter
An interview with Patrisse Cullors, the founder of Dignity and Power Now and co-founder of #BlackLivesMatter.
Justin CampbellAug 12, 2015
- Politics
Always a Lighthouse: Video Games and Radical Politics
It's increasingly tenable to think that video games "may teach us to see the world differently and to understand global conflict from new perspectives."
Elliot MurphyAug 9, 2015
- Politics
A Child of Two Empires in an Age of Nuclear War
Mariko Terasaki Miller, the first woman appointed Honorary Consul-General of Japan, reflects on growing up "a child of two empires" in an age of nuclear war.
Mariko Terasaki MillerAug 6, 2015
- Politics
Why Your Rent Is So High and Your Pay Is So Low
Tom Streithorst explains why stagnant wages and higher stock prices are two sides of the same coin.
Tom StreithorstAug 4, 2015
- Politics