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Arts in Society

To the Fordham

In a pre-Giuliani New York where pornographic theaters create communities of dissimilar people, a young blue-collar worker and a homeless ex-con forge a connection through their shared enjoyment of public sex.

Samuel R. Delany

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Politics

How Not to Do Activism

The calculus of power isn’t defined by hits or clicks or tweets. It is measured in relationships and meaningful reactions over time.

Arts in Society, Race

Ally: From Noun to Verb

Robin D. G. Kelley talks with musician Vijay Iyer about systems of oppression, the responsibility of artists, and how jazz sells proximity to blackness to white people.

Robin D. G. Kelley, Vijay Iyer

Race, War & Security

The Pervasive Power of the Settler Mindset

More than simple racism or discrimination, the destructive premise at the core of the American settler narrative is that freedom is built upon violent elimination.

Nikhil Pal Singh

Law & Justice

A Jury of One’s Peers

Prosecutors use a system of “strikes” to engineer nearly all-white juries. Eliminating this system would not only make juries less racist, but also bring us closer to the original intent of the jury system.

Sonali Chakravarti

Politics

Loving Latin at the End of the World

Many revere Latin as the soul of Western civilization. But its beauty should not keep us from reckoning with its history.

Joel Christensen

Law & Justice

College Behind Bars

One man’s struggle to earn a degree while incarcerated shows how far tough-on-crime policies go to prevent prisoners from having a second chance.

Race

Against Black Homeownership

The real estate market is so structured by race that black families will never come out ahead.

Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor

Politics

It's No Secret Why Republicans Win

The right’s success in media is not a shadowy conspiracy; it has been achieved out in the open, largely through ordinary politics. Much of it can be countered the same way.

Philosophy & Religion, Science & Nature

What Makes Science Trustworthy

The “scientific method” of high school textbooks does not exist. But there are scientific methods, and they play an essential role in making scientific knowledge reliable.

Politics

Politics is for Power, Not Consumption

Political hobbyism takes well-meaning citizens away from pursuing power.

Law & Justice

How Not to Argue for Tax Justice

The Legality and Reality of Torture

Rosie Gillies, Boston Review

A Jury of One’s Peers

Sonali Chakravarti

The Harvard Ruling Misses the Point

Halloween and Stranger Danger

‘Flexible’ Family Leave Is Lousy Feminism

Free Speech, Incorporated

College Behind Bars

U.S. Judges Admit Enhanced Interrogation Is Torture

Joseph Margulies

Arts in Society

Abdel Halim Performs a Private Concert for My Mother

To the Fordham

Samuel R. Delany

My cat paints her fur on with her tongue

Craig Sullender

Ally: From Noun to Verb

Robin D. G. Kelley, Vijay Iyer

An Arrangement

Undelivered Message to the Sky: November 9, 2016

Rap on Trial

Erik Nielson, Andrea L. Dennis

Zero Hour: The First Days of New Berlin

Three Poems

READING LISTS

Veterans Day 2019

READING LIST

From PTSD to dissenting.

Is Populism a Problem?

READING LIST

A bumper crop of brilliant essays on why populism isn't “anti-elite”, Trump isn’t a populist, and more.

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