Politics

Politics, Race

The War on Critical Race Theory

Turning a blind eye to the realities of racial injustice, the highly orchestrated right-wing attacks cast a body of scholarship about race in the law as a great threat to American society.

David Theo Goldberg

Class & Inequality, Politics

Portrait of the United States as a Developing Country

Dispelling myths of entrepreneurial exceptionalism, a sweeping new history of U.S. capitalism finds that economic gains have always been driven by the state.

Justin H. Vassallo

Class & Inequality, Politics

The Ever Given and the Monstrosity of Maritime Capitalism

Two timely new books unmask the colossal shipping industry behind global trade, whose monstrous pursuit of profit has long wreaked havoc on laborers and the seas they sail through.

Charmaine Chua

Philosophy & Religion, Politics

Polarization or Propaganda?

Two rival theories paint very different pictures of the sources of our democratic dysfunction. The debate won’t be settled by accusations of political convenience.

C. Thi Nguyen

Politics

From Crisis to a New Politics of Care

A recording of our event on the causes and consequences of the deepening care crisis and the possibilities for establishing a new politics of care, boldly reimagined. 

Boston Review

Class & Inequality, Politics

The New Politics of Higher Education

Why the left’s turn from higher education has coincided with a newfound conservative appreciation for it.

Marshall Steinbaum

Class & Inequality, Politics

“Marx’s Old Mole is Right Beneath the Surface”

Noam Chomsky on his new book, the Capitol coup attempt, 2020 unrest, and the prospects for progress under Biden.

Noam Chomsky, David Barsamian

Philosophy & Religion, Politics

Why Democracy Needs Privacy

The more someone knows about us, the more they can influence us. We can wield democratic power only if our privacy is protected.

Carissa Véliz

Politics, Science & Nature

New Book: Redesigning AI

Exploring work, democracy, and justice in the age of automation, Daron Acemoglu and other contributors sketch an urgent vision for redirecting the course of technological change for good. Preorder our Spring 2021 book now.

Arts in Society, Politics

Petra Kelly and the Radical Green Past

The Greens are on track to become Germany’s second strongest party. For many, this is proof that abandoning radicalism was the right choice, but a new novel offers valuable insights into why it should be recovered.

Stephen Milder

Politics

Decolonizing Politics

In his latest book, famed African political philosopher Mahmood Mamdani considers how to restore the full benefits of citizenship to permanent minorities in post-colonial societies.

Hari Ramesh

Politics

The Americans Who Embraced Mussolini

As we confront rightwing extremism in our own time, the history of American fascist sympathy reveals a legacy worth reckoning with.

Justin H. Vassallo