Politics

Columns

Treating American Empire

Colette Shade

September 10, 2020

On providing therapy for agents of state violence.

Landscapes of Memory

Saleem Haddad

September 09, 2020

Two Palestinian novels confront the ghosts of the Nakba.

The Emperor’s New Rules

Robin Kaiser-Schatzlein

September 08, 2020

There’s nothing novel about Netflix’s culture of fear.

Performing Democracy

Ratik Asokan

August 27, 2020

A conversation with David Levi Strauss about political conventions.

The Discreet Charm of White-Collar Jihad

Joseph Allchin

August 25, 2020

On the internet habits, social anxieties, and class biases of Al Qaeda recruits.

All at Sea

Harris Feinsod

August 24, 2020

Surveying the watery expanses of the world economy.

The End of Enforced Silence

Kaleem Hawa

August 20, 2020

Representations of Palestine in the mainstream media are a form of journalistic malpractice.

The Future is Androgynous

Benjamin Winterhalter 

August 19, 2020

On Shulamith Firestone’s vision of a gender-neutral, gender-equal society

Worldwide Wireless Energy

A. S. Hamrah

August 17, 2020

An Interview with Michael Almereyda about Tesla.

Seize the Gavel

Daniel Boguslaw

August 13, 2020

On judicial elections.

The Buffer Zone

Gabrielle Hickmon

August 11, 2020

Looking beyond the nonprofit industrial complex.

Scorched Earth

Felipe De La Hoz

August 10, 2020

Anti-immigration hardliners pursue a policy of wanton destruction.