Culture

The Use and Abuse of International Law in the Occupied Territories

The Use and Abuse of International Law in the Occupied Territories The Use and Abuse of International Law in the Occupied Territories

Noura Erakat’s new book examines the legal arguments used to justify Israel's occupation—and the legal arguments that might have been used to counter it.

Jul 1, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Raja Shehadeh

Plato

The Philosophical Origins of Patriarchy The Philosophical Origins of Patriarchy

Plato, Hippocrates, and Aristotle laid the foundations on which centuries of sexism were built.

Jul 1, 2019 / Christia Mercer

Stonewall Inn interior

It Doesn’t Matter Who Threw the First Brick at Stonewall It Doesn’t Matter Who Threw the First Brick at Stonewall

Infighting over ownership of the riots obscures their significance as a messy, spontaneous, diverse rebellion.

Jun 30, 2019 / Morgan M. Page

Bella Hadid and Lil Miquela

Branding Fake Justice for Generation Z Branding Fake Justice for Generation Z

Meet Brud, the secretive tech start-up here to outfit corporations with fashionable social causes—through elaborate CGI fiction.

Jun 28, 2019 / Emmeline Clein

In Honor of the People Who Have Bled for Our Desire

In Honor of the People Who Have Bled for Our Desire In Honor of the People Who Have Bled for Our Desire

On Stonewall at 50.

Jun 28, 2019 / Diana Oh

Puzzle No. 3503

Puzzle No. 3503 Puzzle No. 3503

Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS  1 Viciously beat staff, incorporating a way to learn: It’s good for you, supposedly (4-8)  9 Failing dandy invested i…

Jun 27, 2019 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

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What We All Owe to Gay Liberation What We All Owe to Gay Liberation

Stonewall shows us what fighting back looked like in an era when state power was hostile.

Jun 27, 2019 / Emily Douglas and The Nation

Alan Brinkley’s Visions of Liberalism

Alan Brinkley’s Visions of Liberalism Alan Brinkley’s Visions of Liberalism

The central preoccupations of his life and historical work—the strengths, limits, and vulnerabilities of 20th-century liberalism—are still at the center of debate today. 

Jun 27, 2019 / Eric Foner

Ann Quin’s Surrealist Novel ‘Berg’ Annihilates All Expectation

Ann Quin’s Surrealist Novel ‘Berg’ Annihilates All Expectation Ann Quin’s Surrealist Novel ‘Berg’ Annihilates All Expectation

The newly reissued 1964 book is a hallucinatory mix of crime fiction, vaudeville, and modernist experimentation.

Jun 26, 2019 / Shane Anderson

It’s 2019: Why Do LGBTQ Americans Still Lack Basic Civil Rights Protections?

It’s 2019: Why Do LGBTQ Americans Still Lack Basic Civil Rights Protections? It’s 2019: Why Do LGBTQ Americans Still Lack Basic Civil Rights Protections?

As we celebrate Stonewall’s 50th anniversary, it’s time to pass the Equality Act and make anti-LGBTQ discrimination illegal.

Jun 26, 2019 / Senator Tammy Baldwin

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