The Workplace Nightmares of “Severance” The Workplace Nightmares of “Severance”
The appeal of the Apple TV+ series is how it dramatizes our alienation from labor.
Mar 18, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Jorge Cotte
The End of Resistance History The End of Resistance History
On this episode of American Prestige, Charlotte Rosen on the short life of a liberal historiography that emerged during the first Trump administration.
Mar 18, 2025 / Podcast / Daniel Bessner and Derek Davison
Trump Attacks Free Speech on Campus Trump Attacks Free Speech on Campus
Jailing protesters won't stop the protests.
Mar 17, 2025 / OppArt / Judy Polstra
How Atlanta Became a Walkable City How Atlanta Became a Walkable City
The Beltline and Georgia's experiment in pedestrian spaces.
Mar 17, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Karrie Jacobs
Why “The Living Mountain” Endures Why “The Living Mountain” Endures
Nan Shepard’s classic of nature writing and memoir is an education in how to reorient one's attention to a landscape and its lifeforms, human and nonhuman.
Mar 13, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Jenny Odell
Making Enemies With the World Making Enemies With the World
Trump’s anti-immigrant position is devastating lives.
Mar 12, 2025 / OppArt / Peter Kuper
Andrée Blouin’s Revolutionary Lives Andrée Blouin’s Revolutionary Lives
The African political leader’s autobiography, My Country, Africa, also offers a larger story of empire, oppression, and resistance on the continent.
Mar 12, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Bill Fletcher Jr.
Parts of LA Are Not Going to Be Habitable Parts of LA Are Not Going to Be Habitable
Insurers have figured out that risk is too high in parts of California. We need to re-conceive how people are housed, and fast.
Mar 12, 2025 / Column / Kate Wagner
Sheriffs as Members of the Security State Sheriffs as Members of the Security State
On this episode of American Prestige, Jessica Pishko on the history of sheriffs and their power.
Mar 11, 2025 / Podcast / Daniel Bessner and Derek Davison