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Trump during primaries

How Not to Study Donald Trump How Not to Study Donald Trump

The “Trump Studies” syllabus was intended to mock his bigotry; instead, it served as a perfect example of white racism in academia.

Jun 22, 2016 / Greg Grandin

Paul McCartney Performing

Now He’s Amazed Now He’s Amazed

A stalwart critic of Paul McCartney becomes a fan.

Jun 22, 2016 / David Hajdu

USPS Snowstorm

USPS vs. Congress USPS vs. Congress

If ever there was a time to make a case for the Postal Service’s necessity in American civic, political, and cultural life, it may have already passed.

Jun 20, 2016 / Nathan Smith

Bad Intelligence

Bad Intelligence Bad Intelligence

David Price’s long battle against anthropology’s collaborations with the national-security state.

Jun 16, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Peter C. Baker

Trump Fascist

Why Trump Now? It’s the Empire, Stupid Why Trump Now? It’s the Empire, Stupid

Amid the wreckage of the Iraq War and the Great Recession, he speaks to a constituency that sees the frontier and outward expansion as peril rather than possibility.

Jun 9, 2016 / Greg Grandin

The Odd Couple

The Odd Couple The Odd Couple

Through their editorial work on the writings of Walter Benjamin, Theodor Adorno and Gershom Scholem forged an unlikely friendship.

Jun 9, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Peter E. Gordon

Stuck in ‘Ghetto’

Stuck in ‘Ghetto’ Stuck in ‘Ghetto’

In his new book, Mitchell Duneier explains why there is nothing natural about a ghetto.

Jun 2, 2016 / Books & the Arts / E. Tammy Kim

Rosenbergs

It Has Been 63 Years Since the US Executed Julius and Ethel Rosenberg It Has Been 63 Years Since the US Executed Julius and Ethel Rosenberg

A new book reveals how the government struggled to sell the Rosenbergs’ murder to a skeptical world

Jun 1, 2016 / Miriam Schneir

The Afterlife of Polaroid

The Afterlife of Polaroid The Afterlife of Polaroid

The company presents a case study in photography as a phenomenon of the instantaneous.

May 27, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Frances Richard

The Anthropocene Truism

The Anthropocene Truism The Anthropocene Truism

Humans and the environment have never been separable. But what does the idea mean for politics?

May 12, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Katrina Forrester

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