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Race

Caste Does Not Explain Race

The celebration of Isabel Wilkerson’s ‘Caste’ reflects the continued priority of elite preferences over the needs and struggles of ordinary people.

Charisse Burden-Stelly

Global Justice, Science & Nature

The Political Economy of Saving the Planet

An interview with Noam Chomsky and Robert Pollin on the climate crisis, COVID-19, and the future of environmental politics. 

Noam Chomsky, Robert Pollin, C. J. Polychroniou

War & Security

The Death and Rebirth of American Internationalism

As the 2020 presidential election nears, internationalists are plotting their return. But they still haven’t learned from the failure of liberal universalism.

Edward Fishman

Global Justice, War & Security

The Racist Foundation of Nuclear Architecture

On the seventy-fifth anniversary of Hiroshima, it is increasingly clear that white supremacy sustains the U.S. nuclear arsenal, while the country's approach to nuclear weapons reinforces racism at home. 

Elaine Scarry

Global Justice, Politics

Why Do Authoritarians Win?

Not by repudiating democracy but by simulating it, a new book argues.

William E. Scheuerman

Reading Lists

An Anti-Imperialism Reading List

Your fourth of July reading. 

Rosie Gillies, Boston Review

Global Justice, Politics

The Man from Kasimpasa

Erdogan is all too easily labelled a populist. But the reasons for his popularity are more complicated.

Engin Önder

Arts in Society

Unreliable Witnesses

From scrapbooks to family albums, the people of Kashmir have recorded their history in photographs. A new book presents their visual testimonies.

Suchitra Vijayan

War & Security

A Witch-Hunt in Turkey

After Turkey's failed 2016 coup, retribution has become a farcical national obsession.

Umar Farooq

Global Justice, Politics

No Money and No Plan for Refugees

The UN's World Humanitiarian Summit came up empty-handed.

Elizabeth Cullen Dunn

Global Justice, Politics

A Rock and a Hard Place

The neglect and abuse of Pakistan's tribal areas.

Umar Farooq

Gender & Sexuality

How Not to Be Elizabeth Gilbert

For female travel writers, it's a risk.

Jessa Crispin

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