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The Promise of Pan-Africanism

The Promise of Pan-Africanism The Promise of Pan-Africanism

As much as it was an organized movement, Pan-Africanism was an ideal, culture, and lived experience that helped galvanize generations into action.

Oct 29, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Adom Getachew

What Is Living and What Is Dead in John Rawls’s Theory of Justice?

What Is Living and What Is Dead in John Rawls’s Theory of Justice? What Is Living and What Is Dead in John Rawls’s Theory of Justice?

With liberalism in crisis, contemporary political philosophy has taken on a funereal mood. But is there something still worth saving in the “high liberalism” of the 20th century?

Oct 29, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Seyla Benhabib

Clarence Thomas’s Political Journey

Clarence Thomas’s Political Journey Clarence Thomas’s Political Journey

Corey Robin discusses his new book on the longest-serving justice on today’s Supreme Court and the influence of black conservatism and black nationalism on his jurisprudence.

Oct 24, 2019 / Robert Greene II

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Letters From the October 28-November 4, 2019, Issue Letters From the October 28-November 4, 2019, Issue

Shades of whitewashing…

Oct 15, 2019 / Our Readers and Robin D.G. Kelley

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Letters From the October 21, 2019, Issue Letters From the October 21, 2019, Issue

Look again… Blame Merle!… The last dance?…

Oct 8, 2019 / Our Readers

The Catholic Church at a Crossroads

The Catholic Church at a Crossroads The Catholic Church at a Crossroads

In their new books, Ross Douthat and James Chappel present two radically different versions of Catholicism’s past and future.

Oct 8, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Jan-Werner Müller

The Workers That Built America

The Workers That Built America The Workers That Built America

A new book puts the black working class at the center of American history.

Oct 7, 2019 / Books & the Arts / William P. Jones

Has Capitalism Become Our Religion?

Has Capitalism Become Our Religion? Has Capitalism Become Our Religion?

We talk with historian Eugene McCarraher about the myths and rituals of the market, the lost radicalism of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and the rise of neoliberalism.

Oct 4, 2019 / Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins

A Multigenerational Fight for Tribal Recognition Is Almost Over

A Multigenerational Fight for Tribal Recognition Is Almost Over A Multigenerational Fight for Tribal Recognition Is Almost Over

After 130 years, the Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians may no longer be landless.

Sep 30, 2019 / Gabriel Furshong

Stop Getting Married on Plantations

Stop Getting Married on Plantations Stop Getting Married on Plantations

Monuments to slavery won’t lose their romantic allure until Americans understand the horrors of their own history. 

Sep 26, 2019 / Column / Patricia J. Williams

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