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A More Camouflaged Colony: On Margaret M. Power’s “Solidarity Across the Americas”
Emiliano Aguilar reviews Margaret M. Power’s “Solidarity Across the Americas: The Puerto Rican Nationalist Party and Anti-imperialism."
Politics
"You can't ignore politics, no matter how much you'd like to." — Molly Ivins
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.
Who Tells the Stories of Chinese Leaders? On Two New Biographies
Lucy Hornby discusses two recent biographies about former Chinese leaders Zhou Enlai and Hua Guofeng.
Meeting Labor’s Moment: On Hamilton Nolan’s “The Hammer”
Joseph A. McCartin reviews “The Hammer: Power, Inequality, and the Struggle for the Soul of American Labor.”
Authoritarian Media: On Peter Pomerantsev’s “How to Win an Information War”
Peter B. Kaufman reviews Peter Pomerantsev’s “How to Win an Information War: The Propagandist Who Outwitted Hitler.”
Muckraking Mountains of Manure: On Austin Frerick’s “Barons”
Devin Thomas O’Shea reviews Austin Frerick’s “Barons: Money, Power, and the Corruption of America’s Food.”
A Democratic and Peaceful Existence: On Jonathan Sullivan and Lev Nachman’s “Taiwan”
Catherine Chou discusses “Taiwan: A Contested Democracy Under Threat” by Jonathan Sullivan and Lev Nachman.
Legacies of Eugenics: An Introduction
In the first of a series, Osagie K. Obasogie explores the history and persistence of eugenics in science, medicine, and elsewhere.
All Together Now: On Leah Hunt-Hendrix and Astra Taylor’s “Solidarity”
A pair of activist-intellectuals look at the history of solidarity and the limitations of charity.
For the Love of Glamour: American Aristocracy from Twain to Trump
Are people—and the United States—doomed to be the subalterns of the aristocrats?
A Shadow to the Visible Canon: A Conversation with Doran Larson
Jeffrey J. Williams interviews Doran Larson about the American Prison Writing Archive and his new book, “Inside Knowledge: Incarcerated People on the Failures of the American Prison.”
Falling Apart Together: On Hannah Proctor’s “Burnout”
Tom Allen reviews Hannah Proctor’s “Burnout: The Emotional Experience of Political Defeat.”
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