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Throughout the twentieth century, bipartisan consensus was that black youth were latent criminals in need of abundant policing.
Kelly Lytle Hernández
The idea that Putin is driven by the philosophy of Eurasianism obscures the pragmatism of Russia's foreign policy.
Jordan Michael Smith
The 1850s were a turning point for globalization, from telegraphs to colonization.
Matthew Karp
Lampooned as a dangerous import from Paris, deconstruction is in fact a distinctively American phenomenon.
Gregory Jones-Katz
Many see gayness as inseparable from city life. But many LGBT Americans—particularly queer black folks—live in rural places. Their invisibility to the gay rights movement is a problem.
Hugh Ryan
A new series explores how reading works by global women of color is generative.
Rafia Zakaria
Brexit is an episode in the long contest between rulers and the working class.
Jo Guldi
When your father is trans, memoir is both personal and political.
Judith Levine
Yuri Herrera's first two novels explore Mexican border identity.
Aaron Bady
Liberal democracy requires that we banish religion from politics.
Avishai Margalit & Assaf Sharon
States are stealing from orphans to pad their budgets. And it's legal.
Erik Loomis
The ideas in the movement’s new manifesto would enrich our practice of democracy.
Robin D. G. Kelley
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