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The Long Shadow of Racial Fascism
A debate is roiling about the aptness of comparing Trump to European fascists. But radical Black thinkers have long argued that racial slavery created its own unique form of American fascism.
New Book: Thinking in a Pandemic
In addition to our four print issues each year, this fall we are publishing a special supplemental book on the crisis of science and policy in the age of COVID-19. Order now.
How Criminal Law Lost Its Mind
Many U.S. criminal statutes betray the bedrock legal principle of mens rea: the notion that actions are criminal only when they are accompanied by a guilty mind.
The Obligation of Self-Discovery
Simone de Beauvoir’s relationship with her readers was a mutually demanding collaboration.
The Real Reason the GOP Suppresses the Vote
The party’s fifty-year strategy has reached an electoral dead end.
Donald Trump, Our Prophet of Deceit
The Frankfurt School on the appeal of authoritarianism—and how to counteract it.
Why Is America the World’s Police?
U.S. political elites sold the United Nations to the public as a route to global peace. In reality they wanted it as a cover for militarization.
Toward a Global History of White Supremacy
The simultaneous success of Trump and Brexit was no coincidence.
How to Talk about COVID-19 in Africa
To ask why COVID-19 hasn’t been deadlier in Africa is to suggest that more Africans should be dying. We need better questions.
The World Henry Ford Made
On the global legacy of Fordist mass production—and its appeal on both the left and the right.
Paradise Is Burning
Lost in the stillness of her stare, a dangerous watery horizon appears, and then she removes her mask.
Save the Equal Rights Amendment
Renewed efforts to quash it stand to wipe out a hundred years of women’s work as constitution-makers.
Political Economy After Neoliberalism
The government—not the market—is the only viable solution to some of our greatest challenges.
Rethinking Political Economy
Rejecting market fundamentalism, Rethinking Political Economy will provide space for advancing alternatives—in theory, politics, and policy—to the neoliberalism of the last forty years.
To Save the Climate, Give Up the Demand for Constant Electricity
Waiting to ensure uninterrupted power for everyone as we transition away from fossil fuels will cost too much time—and too many lives.
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