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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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A conversation between Arlie Hochschild and Archon Fung.
Arlie Hochschild, Archon Fung
Cornel West on Martin Luther King, Jr., hope, and the future of activism.
Cornel West
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
The modes of perception and living that we attribute to Instagram are rooted in a much older aesthetic of the picturesque.
Daniel Penny
After the slave trade and colonization, history has become a dystopia.
Tananarive Due
As we heap scorn on neoliberalism, we risk throwing out some of its most useful ideas.
Dani Rodrik
Nalo Hopkinson on the politics of dystopia, writing from the Global South, and the enduring importance of black mermaids.
Nalo Hopkinson
Many visions of the future proliferate in Silicon Valley. Which one is worth fighting for?
Cathy O'Neil
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.
Is policing a public good gone bad?
Tracey L. Meares, Vesla M. Weaver
Bernie Sanders sat down with us to talk about the future of progressive politics. This is what he said.
Trump's inauguration featured no poetry. We fixed that.
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