Politics

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

The Roots of African American AIDS Activism: On Dan Royles’s “To Make the Wounded Whole”
Charles O’Malley on the innovative, urgent history of Black HIV/AIDS activism in Dan Royles’s “To Make the Wounded Whole.”
Charles O’MalleyDec 17, 2020
- Gender & Sexuality
- Politics
A Revolution in Common: A Conversation with Jody A. Forrester
Bernardita García Jiménez talks with Jody A. Forrester about her recently published memoir, "Guns Under the Bed: Memories of a Young Revolutionary."
Bernardita García JiménezDec 16, 2020
- Memoir & Essay
- Politics
The Battlefield of Memory: On Rana Mitter’s “China’s Good War”
Through Rana Mitter’s book “China’s Good War,” Yangyang Cheng reflects on government control of the memory, legacy, and meaning of World War II in China.
Yangyang ChengDec 15, 2020
The Dreams Matter More
All the debates about “the middle class” come laden with one big false assumption.
John W. W. ZeiserDec 15, 2020
- Politics
Their Corruption, and Ours
Two new books on global corruption finger different culprits.
Erik D’AmatoDec 13, 2020
- Around the World
- Politics
Politicizing Medicine While Fighting Pathogens
Cold War selfishness made the world more dangerous in a surprising place: the hospital bed.
Nicholas Greyson WardDec 12, 2020
- Politics
- Science & Technology
On Protection
When America’s vaunted ethos of freedom becomes the greatest impediment to self-care.
Matthew DavisDec 12, 2020
The Carpenter-President: On Ben Bland’s “Man of Contradictions: Joko Widodo and the Struggle to Remake Indonesia”
A mini-biography of Indonesia’s president is also a snapshot of a country in transition.
Febriana FirdausDec 11, 2020
So We’ve Won, Now What?
Has the individual been overvalued in the United States?
Chang CheDec 11, 2020
- Politics
Meritocracy and Battle Royale
What online games can tell us about our culture of cutthroat competition and rampant inequality.
Brendan MackieDec 10, 2020
- Cultural Studies
- Politics
Toward a Labor Theory of Generation X
Alissa G. Karl offers a labor theory of Gen X.
Alissa G. KarlDec 9, 2020
- Economics and Finance
- Politics
The Most Influential Magazine in Muslim History?
Nile Green reviews "Modern Things on Trial: Islam’s Global and Material Reformation in the Age of Rida, 1865–1935" by Leor Halevi.
Nile GreenDec 8, 2020