Politics

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

The Long Journey to the US Border
Human Rights Watch researcher Jonathan Pedneault discusses his time in Tijuana, Mexico, at the US Border.
Jonathan PedneaultAug 31, 2019
Earth First? On “The Ecocentrists” and Pregnancy in the Anthropocene
Lynne Feeley reviews "The Ecocentrists," a history of radical environmentalism by Keith Makoto Woodhouse.
Lynne FeeleyAug 30, 2019
A Nation of Nations Must Still Be a Nation: On Nationalism, Globalization, and Writing History
Jill Lepore’s book argues for a shared national history, but fails to explain what that history looks like.
Johann N. NeemAug 30, 2019
- History
- Politics
Tough Fighters Hanging on in Vietnam
Key indigenous allies of the U.S. during the Vietnam War were treated shamefully after the withdrawal by both the United States and communist Vietnam.
Charles DunstAug 29, 2019
- Around the World
- Politics
Year of the Werewolf
The werewolf was an apt figure for 1981, a moment when prominent commentators worried that many Americans had become too self-focused.
Andrew StrombeckAug 29, 2019
White and Native Protests: A Study in Inequality
Mark Trecka looks at Nick Estes's "Our History Is the Future" and Anthony McCann's "Shadowlands" to see where protest is going.
Mark TreckaAug 28, 2019
- Politics
Whose Apollo Are We Talking About?
Asif Siddiqi reviews Roger D. Launius's "Apollo’s Legacy" and Teasel E. Muir-Harmony's "Apollo to the Moon."
Asif SiddiqiAug 28, 2019
Consistently Inconsistent: On Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
Allen Mendenhall reviews Stephen Budiansky's new biography of Oliver Wendell Holmes.
Allen MendenhallAug 27, 2019
Poetic Justice: Oliver Wendell Holmes’s Life in Law and Letters
Geoffrey Kirsch reviews "Oliver Wendell Holmes: A Life in War, Law, and Ideas" by Stephen Budiansky.
Geoffrey KirschAug 27, 2019
A Market Correction in the Humanities — What Are You Going to Do with That?
What would it mean to have a genuinely public college or university, one free from both the debt state and its perverse double, philanthropy?
Leigh Claire La BergeAug 26, 2019
High Visibility: Reexamining “Medium Cool” on Its 50th Anniversary
Piper French on the contemporary resonance of Haskell Wexler's "Medium Cool."
Piper FrenchAug 23, 2019
- Film
- Politics
What Is Inequality?
Robert L. Tsai discusses the history and philosophy of inequality.
Robert L. TsaiAug 22, 2019