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When philosophy tries to reclaim Marx, the duty to interpret comes before the duty to change.
Neoliberals need state power to enforce market relations. To protect it from democratic control, the site of that power must be hidden from politics.
To understand why Europe seems more balkanized now than ever, we must look to Eastern Europe's failed reconstruction.
The critique of identity politics ignores the role that neoliberalism and neoconservatism have played in creating our present situation.
America loves pitting Black intellectuals against each other, but today's activists need both Coates and West.
The modes of perception and living that we attribute to Instagram are rooted in a much older aesthetic of the picturesque.
As we heap scorn on neoliberalism, we risk throwing out some of its most useful ideas.
Looking beyond the symbolic crisis to the realities of Title IX implementation.
Nancy MacLean’s new book has set off a heated debate. But strong claims require strong evidence, and mistakes could mislead liberals and the left.
The University of Virginia has long been a bastion of white supremacy and white supremacy–validating scholarship.
A controversial new book traces how the anti-democratic projects of the Jim Crow South evolved into an economic theory still championed by the GOP today.
How neoliberals and conservatives came together to undo the welfare state.
Opting out, as Trump has done with the White House, is a neoliberal habit. But who bears the cost?
The Clinton-Sanders conflict reveals the contentious history of the Democratic Party—and holds the key to its future.
How has neoliberalism become so closely linked with evangelical Christianity?
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