Three short essays from Michael Kazin, Nikhil Pal Singh, and Barbara Ransby.
Summer 2021
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Belabored: Washington Retreats from a Just Transition, with Joe Uehlein
As hopes for ambitious climate policy fade, Joe Uehlein, Founding President of the Labor Network for Sustainability, talks about why we must decarbonize the economy while protecting workers.
The Status of Refugees
Seventy years after the UN Refugee Convention, the United States should refresh its commitment to displaced people.
Know Your Enemy: Buckley for Mayor, with Sam Tanenhaus
William F. Buckley Jr. biographer Sam Tanenhaus digs into the National Review founder’s 1965 run for mayor of New York City.
Arguments on the Left: The Family
Five short essays from Sarah Jones, Dorothy Sue Cobble, Sophie Lewis, Bethany Moreton, and Dorothy Roberts.
The Rise of the Elite Anti-Intellectual
For decades, “common sense” has been a convenient framing for conservative ideas. The label hides a more complicated picture.
What Was the Fascism Debate?
The clash over whether the Trump era represented the rebirth of fascism represents a disagreement about the role of language and history in shaping contemporary political agendas.
The Fight to Redefine Safety in Texas
Even as their budgets have climbed upward, police departments have deprived sexual assault units of proportional funding for decades. Today, advocates in Texas are trying to transform the state’s approach to sexual violence.
The Meaning of the Protests in Cuba
The July 11 protests fused economic and political grievances. A struggle is taking place in Cuba over what happens next.
Anxious at the Nail Salon
As infections from the Delta variant rise, so do concerns among nail salon workers about customers who do not wear masks.
Arguments on the Left: Policing
Five short essays from Michael Walzer, Aviva Stahl, Elizabeth Glazer and Patrick Sharkey, Randall Kennedy, and Jasson Perez.
Adam Curtis’s Theory of Everything
Adam Curtis’s latest film paints a picture of the world that is so complex, so dense, and so theoretical that the prospect of real change appears nearly impossible.
Arguments on the Left: Class and Race
Four short essays by Carla Murphy, Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò, Touré F. Reed, and Anika Fassia and Tinselyn Simms.
