Politics
China and the Lure of Global Capitalism
The country’s explosive development has relied on markets—at the cost of earlier ideals.
The United States Can Afford More Refugees
East African countries host seven times more refugees than we do. Their policies look beyond their borders; so should ours.
Poland’s Memory Politics Are Rewriting History
The country’s ruling party is suppressing research and cultural work on the role of ethnic Poles in the persecution of Poland’s Jews.
Beyond the Nation-State
Sovereign states have been wrongly mythologized as the natural unit of political order.
The Power of the Party
Founded a century ago, the Chinese Communist Party has repeatedly defied predictions of its demise.
How Israel Weaponizes International Law
The country has manipulated rules of engagement to serve its colonialist project in Palestine.
Reclaiming the Power of Rebellion
Derecka Purnell interviews historian Elizabeth Hinton about her new book and how talk of “riots” discredits Black political demands.
Why Aren’t We Talking about Farmers in India?
They are fighting in a global war over the future of agriculture. Modi is chocking the debate.
The World of Edward Said
His milieu was one of global, and specifically Palestinian, anticolonial struggle.
How the Modern NRA Was Born at the Border
Watch our release of the documentary short The Rifleman. Then read an interview with the filmmaker.
The War on Critical Race Theory
The highly orchestrated right-wing attacks cast a body of scholarship about race in the law as a great threat to American society.
The Monstrosity of Maritime Capitalism
Two books unmask the colossal shipping industry behind global trade.
Police and the License to Kill
Detroit police killed hundreds of unarmed Black people in response to the civil rights movement.
The New Politics of Higher Education
The right’s fantasy of left power on campus has never been accurate.
How We Speak About the Failure of the PLO
Accounts still get the history of Palestinian diplomacy wrong.
New Book: Redesigning AI
Exploring work, democracy, and justice in the age of automation, Daron Acemoglu and other contributors sketch an urgent vision for redirecting the course of technological change for good. Preorder our Spring 2021 book now.
Petra Kelly and the Radical Green Past
The Greens are on track to become Germany’s second strongest party. Was abandoning radicalism was the right choice?
Decolonizing Politics
Mahmood Mamdani considers how to restore the full benefits of citizenship to permanent minorities in post-colonial societies.
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