Politics

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

The Beijing Heidegger Reading Group
Coby Goldberg on his time with the Beijing Heidegger Reading Group.
Coby GoldbergFeb 8, 2021
Gore Vidal: His Life and “Lincoln”
Writing “Lincoln” let Vidal breathe life into his own self-perceived greatness.
Bennett PartenFeb 7, 2021
- Fiction
- Politics
Dispatches from an Unoccupied Future: Reflections on the Palestine Writes Festival
Attendees, participants, and organizers joined together to weave ourselves toward wholeness and repair.
Fargo TbakhiFeb 5, 2021
Resisting Market Rule
A new book argues that Americans have always sought to limit capitalism, but can today’s progressives overcome the barriers to social democracy?
Justin H. VassalloFeb 4, 2021
- Economics and Finance
- Politics
What We’re Owed: John Warner on the Future of Higher Education
Ryan Boyd reviews John Warner’s latest book, “Sustainable. Resilient. Free.: The Future of Public Higher Education.”
Ryan BoydFeb 3, 2021
Totally: Fredric Jameson on Walter Benjamin
Ian Balfour looks through "The Benjamin Files," the new book by Fredric Jameson published by Verso.
Ian BalfourFeb 3, 2021
- Philosophy & Religion
- Politics
Does Collective Violence Demand Collective Punishment?
Mark Ellis reviews "The Ratline: The Exalted Life and Mysterious Death of a Nazi Fugitive," the new book by Philippe Sands.
Mark EllisFeb 2, 2021
Pursuing Justice: Still Listening to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Brachah Goykadosh looks at two recently published books made up of interviews with the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
Brachah GoykadoshFeb 1, 2021
- Law
- Politics
Meritocracy and Its Discontents: The View from Outside Harvard Yard
Christopher Kutz reviews Michael Sandel's new book, "The Tyranny of Merit: What's Become of the Common Good?"
Christopher KutzJan 30, 2021
- Education
- Politics
Technology and Politics Are Inseparable: An Interview with Cory Doctorow
In this conversation about his new novel, “Attack Surface,” Cory Doctorow imagines a path toward mending the broken systems that shape our lives.
Eliot PeperJan 30, 2021
Controversial Contest
America’s signature women’s pageant changes –– slowly –– with the rest of the country.
Elwood WatsonJan 30, 2021
Lying with Numbers
At the end of the 19th century social scientists embraced statistics that “proved” Black criminality. Therein lies a tale.
Mary F. CoreyJan 29, 2021
- History
- Politics