“The Great Resignation” Is a Great Exaggeration
Workers are quitting their jobs in record numbers, but it’s not a turning point for labor power.
Ann LarsonCivil Unrest
Cedric Robinson’s Radical Democracy
Rejecting the resignation of the 1970s and ’80s, Robinson found in the disinvested ruins of the city a new egalitarian form of politics.
Jared LogginsRacism and Discrimination
Sex, Death, and Empire: The Roots of Violence Against Asian Women
The line from America’s earliest empire in the Philippines to Japan, Korean, Vietnam—and anti-Asian violence at home—is straight, clear, and written in blood.
Panthea LeeAsian Americans
“Multiple Things Can Be True”: Understanding the Roots of Anti-Asian Violence
A conversation with public defender Jason Wu, who says if we do not learn from history, we risk misdiagnosing the problems—and applying remedies that will continue to fail us.
Panthea LeePolitics
America’s Militarism Will Be Its Downfall
Unapologetic and unembarrassed by its string of recent failures, the war party is once again climbing back into the saddle.
Andrew J. Bacevich
Brian Benjamin’s Resignation Is a Gift to New York Progressives
With New York’s lieutenant governor out of action, the path to power for veteran activist Ana María Archila just got a lot easier. But only if supporters can raise the funds that will allow her to compete effectively.
Ross Barkan
Blue State Activists Are Working to Decarbonize Trillions
And they don’t need Joe Manchin’s permission.
Nathan Newman
Culture
Turning Theory Into Art
Anna Ostoya transforms Chantal Mouffe’s writing into collages, with the hope of making her ideas more available to the masses.
Jonah Goldman Kay
Has Neoliberalism Really Come to an End?
A conversation with historian Gary Gerstle about understanding neoliberalism as a bipartisan worldview and how the political order it ushered in has crumbled.
Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins
Cedric Robinson’s Radical Democracy
Rejecting the resignation of the 1970s and ’80s, Robinson found in the disinvested ruins of the city a new egalitarian form of politics.
Jared LogginsWorld
Should NATO Exist?
David Klion argues that NATO’s function now is to contain a war, while Chase Madar writes that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine shows that the US’s European allies are capable of defending themselves.
David Klion and Chase Madar
“He Just Shat All over Us”: Why Macron’s “Republican Front” Is Fraying
Macron aims to rally voters against far-right Marine Le Pen, but alienated parts of the coalition he needs to win may sit on the sidelines.
Cole Stangler
Prosecuting Putin’s Aggression
Prosecuting the crime of aggression is the only effective way to target those who are most responsible for the horrors of war. Yet international law does not currently recognize this offense.
Philippe Sands and The Nation
Watch and Listen
Listen: Anatol Lieven on How the Ukraine War Could End
Plus E.J. Dionne and Miles Rapoport on Universal Voting.
April 7, 2022
Listen: Why the Right Is So Mad About Trans Athletes
On this week’s Edge of Sports podcast, professor Cheryl Cooky discusses her op-ed that enraged the right.
April 5, 2022
