Class & Inequality

The Book that Explains Charlottesville

The University of Virginia has long been a bastion of white supremacy and white supremacy–validating scholarship.

Marshall Steinbaum

Politics

Kenya's New Electoral Authoritarianism

Elections are now used to legitimate authoritarian regimes, not herald liberal democracy. Nowhere is this more apparent than in Kenya.

Aziz Rana

Science & Nature

The Man Who Invented Information Theory

Of the pioneers who drove the information technology revolution, Claude Shannon may have been the most brilliant. A new book resurrects his legacy.

Tom Rutledge

Print Issues

The President's House Is Empty

Our new print issue—on public goods that are owed to citizens of a democracy—is out! Get your copy today.

War & Security

An Open Letter from Guam to America

On becoming the collateral damage of American warmongering.

Victoria-Lola M. Leon Guerrero

War & Security

How to Avoid War with North Korea

As Trump tweets us closer to war, a look back at North Korean nationalism may provide an out.

Odd Arne Westad

Class & Inequality

Kochonomics: The Racist Roots of Public Choice Theory

A controversial new book traces how the anti-democratic projects of the Jim Crow South evolved into an economic theory still championed by the GOP today.

Bethany Moreton

Law & Justice

Policing: A Public Good Gone Bad

Policing as we know it must be abolished before it can be transformed.

Tracey L. Meares

Literature & Culture

Unreliable Witnesses

From scrapbooks to family albums, the people of Kashmir have recorded their history in photographs. A new book presents their visual testimonies.

Suchitra Vijayan

POETRY

BR Poetry

A new home for poetry and criticism. Discover, read, and share your favorites today.

Podcast

WATCH: The President's House Is Empty

From healthcare to education to clean water, the things that are owed to members of a democracy are under threat today. Our new issue explores the question of public goods and what we can do to save them.

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War & Security

Militarizing the Presidency

Since its origins, the United States has grappled with the role of the military in a democracy. Given Trump's latest moves, do the people still decide who will be killed in their name?

Andrew Lanham

Fiction

Submit: The Aura Estrada Short Story Contest

Judged by Viet Thanh Nguyen, the contest is open until October 1. The winner receives publication and a $1,500 prize.

Podcast

Abolish the Police?

Is policing a public good gone bad?

Tracey L. Meares, Vesla M. Weaver