The Long Shadow of Cultural Anthropology The Long Shadow of Cultural Anthropology
Franz Boas, Margaret Mead, and their circle sought to show the fallacy of biological and physical difference, but they also created new forms of categorization that reinforced thei...
May 5, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Jennifer Wilson
Sarah Broom’s New Orleans Saga Sarah Broom’s New Orleans Saga
In her new memoir, Broom reconstructs not only her family’s history in New Orleans but also the larger arc of black experience in the South.
May 5, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Lovia Gyarkye
Mary Gaitskill’s Art of Loneliness Mary Gaitskill’s Art of Loneliness
Through her portraits of solitude, Gaitskill forces us to recognize those moments of subtle connection.
May 5, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Maggie Doherty
How Should Unions Organize? How Should Unions Organize?
In A Collective Bargain, Jane McAlevey makes the case for strike-ready unions and whole worker organizing. But in an age of globalized economies and climate change, is this enough?
May 5, 2020 / Books & the Arts / E. Tammy Kim
The Worlds of Edward Said The Worlds of Edward Said
An exile who made the world his home, Said infused his literary style with a cosmopolitan ease and his political commitments with a cosmopolitan ethics.
May 5, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Rashid Khalidi
One Damn Thing After Another One Damn Thing After Another
The long roots of liberal democracy’s crisis.
May 5, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Jan-Werner Müller
Reopening America Is Only Safe in Trump’s Dreams Reopening America Is Only Safe in Trump’s Dreams
Someone bring Trump into reality.
May 5, 2020 / Tom Tomorrow
The Pandemic in Our Minds The Pandemic in Our Minds
A classic horror movie reveals how authoritarianism and scapegoating flourish during a plague.
May 1, 2020 / Jeet Heer
When Undocumented Activists Infiltrated ICE When Undocumented Activists Infiltrated ICE
A conversation with directors Cristina Ibarra and Alex Rivera about their film, The Infiltrators.
May 1, 2020 / Q&A / Mark Engler
Meet the New Flack for Oil and Gas: Michael Moore Meet the New Flack for Oil and Gas: Michael Moore
Planet of the Humans is wildly unscientific, outdated, full of falsehoods, and benefits fossil fuel industry promoters and climate deniers.
Apr 30, 2020 / Josh Fox