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Horror Stories

Felipe De La Hoz

September 28, 2020

The sensationalist turn in liberal immigration discourse.

Oil Springs Eternal

Andrew Schwartz

September 23, 2020

A brief history of ExxonMobil’s climate change denial.

Virtue by the Numbers

Jon Skolnik

September 17, 2020

On the bad methodology of corporate diversity and inclusion indices.

Teaching Them a Lesson

Dalia Hatuqa

September 16, 2020

Jordan uses the pandemic to crack down on its largest union.

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