Colin Dayan
Colin Dayan is Robert Penn Warren Professor in the Humanities and Professor of Law at Vanderbilt University. Her books include The Law Is a White Dog, The Story of Cruel and Unusual, and Haiti, History, and the Gods.
Inside Joe Arpaio’s Tent City
Exclusive 1995 photos from inside the cruel Tent City run by Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, who was recently pardoned by Trump.
Of Popes and Dogs
The Church has always had a vexed, somewhat aggrieved relation to dogs and their status as things to be blessed or sanctified.
How Not to Talk about Gaza
Talking about Gaza is like talking about God. We face the ineffable. We cannot talk about what we see.
Remembering Trouillot
He taught us all how to read carefully, argue passionately, and write responsibly.