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On Justice for Animals
Martha Nussbaum on her new book—and why a full development of our humanity requires developing our capacities to care for animals.
The Blindness of Colorblindness
Revisiting When Affirmative Action Was White, nearly two decades on.
Letter to the Editor: “A Century of Serious Difficulty”
On reading outside the university.
The Black Scholars Ron DeSantis Doesn’t Want Students to Read
Among them are Kimberlé Crenshaw, Angela Davis, bell hooks, and contributing editor Robin D. G. Kelley. You can read them here.
Without Warrant
Yawning gaps in the law empower police to collect and store massive amounts of data, all on the grounds that it might one day turn out useful.
Does Our Sustainable Future Start in the Mine?
Rare earth mining will disrupt local climate resilience. Who should pay the price?
Upper Avenue
“Abroadness became my obsession.” When a young Nigerian girl is invited to go live with her uncle in Canada, it sets in motion a peculiar friendship with someone she has long envied.
The Neoliberal Superego of Education Policy
Institutional reform is no match for pervasive structural inequality.
Undo
“You can’t go to Mass like that.” A woman’s mother wakes up dramatically transformed, leading to a reappraisal of their relationships.
How Can We Trust Science?
Despite debates about scientific certainty, we do not need 100 percent consensus on a scientific claim to accept it as true.
The Alarming Stakes of German Rearmament
Germany has responded to war in Ukraine with huge increases in defense spending, marking a new wave of militarization.
Beyond the Nation State in the Middle East
In Palestine and Kurdistan, promising experiments in self-determination draw on the region’s pluralist history.
Henry on Birth Day
When you were / in the Everglades we canoed from Flamingo and through the canals.
Dreams of Green Hydrogen
In place of public-private partnerships, we should revive the Pan-African ambitions of the green developmental state.
Twenty of Our Most Loved Essays of 2022
From politics, labor, and race to philosophy, literature, and sex.
It’s Time
My feet moved down another street / and I saw the shape they would draw / on the map in my mind.
Black Spirit, Black Struggle
When Desmond Tutu reconciled African theology and Black theology.
Designing the Future in Palestine
Palestinian women and feminist organizations are reimagining what liberation can look like beyond national independence.
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