The British Empire’s Worldwide Devastation The British Empire’s Worldwide Devastation
Caroline Elkins’s new history of the British Empire is a damning account of its violent crimes against its subjects.
May 16, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Howard W. French
When Did the Ruling Class Get Woke? When Did the Ruling Class Get Woke?
A conversation with Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò on his new book Elite Capture, which investigates the co-option of identity politics and the importance of coalitional organizing.
May 9, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Ishan Desai-Geller
Angela Garbes on Mothering for the World We Want Angela Garbes on Mothering for the World We Want
Garbes’s new book looks at what it means to be a parent when we are “caught between the way we were raised and the way we want to live.”
May 3, 2022 / Q&A / Sara Franklin
How Can Puerto Rico Escape the Debt Trap? How Can Puerto Rico Escape the Debt Trap?
When it comes to Puerto Rico, the questions of debt haunt everyday life and shape the colonial reality of the island.
Apr 6, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Ed Morales
The Many American Revolutions The Many American Revolutions
Woody Holton’s Liberty is Sweet charts not only the contest with Great Britain over “home rule” but also the internal struggle over who should rule at home.
Apr 4, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Eric Foner
As I Write, Settlers and Police Are Attacking My Neighbors in Sheikh Jarrah As I Write, Settlers and Police Are Attacking My Neighbors in Sheikh Jarrah
It began, neighbors say, when an ultra-nationalist Israeli politician “moved” his office onto one of our lawns.
Feb 15, 2022 / Mohammed El-Kurd
The US Military Is Bulldozing Sacred Indigenous Sites on Guam The US Military Is Bulldozing Sacred Indigenous Sites on Guam
Indigenous residents are fighting to save their island’s heritage, while the military refuses to release key information about what it is razing.
Dec 22, 2021 / Chris Gelardi
Giving Josephine Baker a Hero’s Grave Won’t Bury the Truth… Giving Josephine Baker a Hero’s Grave Won’t Bury the Truth…
About France’s republican racism.
Nov 29, 2021 / Feature / Gary Younge
Guam: Resisting Empire at the “Tip of the Spear” Guam: Resisting Empire at the “Tip of the Spear”
The Pentagon is increasing its forces on the US territory, but Indigenous residents are fighting back.
Nov 2, 2021 / Feature / Chris Gelardi
Guam Was Ready to Help Relocate Afghans. Biden Ghosted. Guam Was Ready to Help Relocate Afghans. Biden Ghosted.
In 1975, the US military evacuated nearly 112,000 Vietnamese refugees to Guam. Why wasn’t this strategy used now?
Aug 23, 2021 / Chris Gelardi