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A People’s Anthology

From Claudia Jones to the Combahee River Collective, our new podcast explores key texts from the urban rebellions of the 1960s and ‘70s.

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Podcast, Politics

Strangers in Their Own Land

A conversation between Arlie Hochschild and Archon Fung.

Arlie Hochschild, Archon Fung

Podcast, Race

Brother Martin Was a Blues Man

Cornel West on Martin Luther King, Jr., hope, and the future of activism.

Cornel West

Podcast, War & Security

On the Presidential First Use of Nuclear Weapons

What differentiates the crimes of a terrorist, hacker, or non-state actor from those of a president who launches a nuclear weapon?

Elaine Scarry, Jonathan King, Bruce Ackerman, Kennette Benedict, Bruce Blair, Sissela Bok, Rosa Brooks, John Burroughs, Hugh Gusterson, Edward Markey, Jim McGovern, Zia Mian, William Perry

Arts in Society, Podcast

The Instagrammable Charm of the Bourgeoisie

The modes of perception and living that we attribute to Instagram are rooted in a much older aesthetic of the picturesque.

Daniel Penny

Arts in Society, Podcast

History Is a Dystopia

After the slave trade and colonization, history has become a dystopia.

Tananarive Due

Class & Inequality, Podcast

Rescuing Economics from Neoliberalism

As we heap scorn on neoliberalism, we risk throwing out some of its most useful ideas.

Dani Rodrik

Arts in Society, Podcast

Waving at Trains

Nalo Hopkinson on the politics of dystopia, writing from the Global South, and the enduring importance of black mermaids.

Nalo Hopkinson

Podcast, Science & Nature

Know Thy Futurist

Many visions of the future proliferate in Silicon Valley. Which one is worth fighting for?

Cathy O'Neil

Law & Justice, Podcast

Abolish the Police?

Is policing a public good gone bad?

Tracey L. Meares, Vesla M. Weaver

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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.

Podcast, Politics

Despair Is Not an Option

Bernie Sanders sat down with us to talk about the future of progressive politics. This is what he said.

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Arts in Society, Podcast

Six Poems for Political Disaster

Trump's inauguration featured no poetry. We fixed that. 

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