Politics

God’s Country

The making of American exceptionalism.

  • Richard White

Fighting Inequality in the New Gilded Age

Restoring genuine democracy must go beyond campaign finance.

  • K. Sabeel Rahman

A Better Nation

Scotland’s independence referendum is a contest between the head and the heart, between love and money.

  • Stephen Phelan

The Haifa Mob

On July 19 I joined a licensed march in Haifa against the Gaza war.

  • Noam Chayut

The American “Deportation Mill”

Immigrant families detained in Artesia, New Mexico, are suing the U.S. government

  • Lauren Carasik

Standardized Testing Can be Good

But only if we put students first.

  • Lelac Almagor

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#Ferguson: Did Social Media Really Fan the Flames?

However vast the media apparatus may be, the disturbances have not spread.

  • Claude S. Fischer

Syria in Revolt

Understanding the unthinkable war.

  • Sadiq J. Al-Azm

“The Industry of Ideas”: Measuring the Impact of Think Tanks

Investigating money in politics is a little like studying dark matter.

  • Andrew Mayersohn

When Protesting Israel Becomes Hating Jews

History has shown time and again that it is not possible to dehumanize an enemy while treating their cousins, aunts, and uncles with respect. 

  • Jason Stanley

The Moral Siege

The militarization of Jewish supremacism in Israel.

  • Assaf Sharon

On Human Shields

If Hamas uses civilian shields, is the IDF responsible for their deaths?

  • Seth Lazar

Righting the GOP

On Rick Perlstein’s The Invisible Bridge: The Fall of Nixon and the Rise of Reagan

  • Mark Schmitt

Taking Just War Seriously in Gaza

Many more Palestinians have been killed in Gaza than Israelis. Is this, on its own, justified?

  • F. M. Kamm

Burning China’s Garbage

Protests against a new waste management system signals a turning point in Chinese environmentalism.

  • Sarah Hill

Why Haven’t We Talked to Putin?

There is no evidence that U.S. leaders have tried to engage Putin and his inner circle about the crisis in Ukraine.

  • Eugene Rumer

Taking the Government for Granted

Corruption of the system certainly occurs, much too often, but stands out precisely because it is not the norm.

  • Claude S. Fischer

Trench Democracy in Schools #3: An Interview with Principal Vanessa Gray

Participatory Innovation in Unlikely Places.

  • Albert W. Dzur

The Presbyterian Church’s All-American Divestment from the Israeli Occupation

The Church is taking charge of the role its own funds play in enabling the criminality of Israel.

  • Yarden Katz

Don’t Lose Track: Here’s What’s Going On with the NSA

The newest report sees nothing illegal about warrantless collection of Americans’ international calls and e-mails.

  • Elizabeth Goitein

A Business Can Exercise Religion, but Hobby Lobby Still Gets It Wrong

Why did the Supreme Court extend religious exercise rights to for-profit corporations?

  • Kiel Brennan-Marquez

The Neoliberal Bailout

Sure, the system worked—we avoided another Great Depression. But it worked much better for some than for others. 

  • Jonathan Kirshner

Build the Green Economy

1.2% of the GDP. That’s all it would take to green the economy.

  • Robert Pollin
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  • Leslie Dewan
  • Madeline Janis
  • Mara Prentiss
  • George R. Tynan & David G. Victor
  • Reed Hundt
  • Sanya Carley
  • Simon Caney

What Is Political Correctness?

The project of decontextualizing language.

  • Simon Waxman
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