A Political and Literary Forum
Besides overturning the very structure of higher education virtually overnight, COVID-19 will also accelerate a number of troubling longer-term trends.
Jeffrey Aaron Snyder
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Christopher J. Lee
R. H. Lossin, Andy Battle
Adam Kotsko
Jeffrey C. Isaac
Liberal democracy requires that we banish religion from politics.
Avishai Margalit & Assaf Sharon
Moralistic or not, misogyny is not about hating women. It is about controlling them.
Kate Manne
Preparation for democratic citizenship demands humanities education, not just STEM.
Danielle Allen
The university is not an engine of social transformation. Activism is.
Robin D. G. Kelley
It is impossible to divorce nature from human influence. Can that influence be democratic?
Jedediah Purdy
Most people own things they don’t really need. It is worth thinking about why.
Paul Bloom
Democracy no longer has rivals, but its fairness and effectiveness face skepticism.
Ira Katznelson
A minimally acceptable ethical life involves using a substantial part of one’s spare resources to make the world a better place.
Peter Singer
Consumer prices are not the only concern raised by dominant companies.
K. Sabeel Rahman
France's own political traditions can accommodate visible Islam and heal social divisions.
John Bowen
Michael Brown shouldn't be a poster child for social justice movements.
Glenn C. Loury
Most people see the benefits of empathy as too obvious to require justification.
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