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A Blood Sacrifice for the NYPD
American police can get away with killing someone, but heaven help the civilian who even unintentionally harms a cop.
The Latest Defeat
The ILWU leadership has accepted a deal that will further cripple their union.
Take Up the Baton
This is not a manifesto. Manifestos provide a glimpse of a world to come and also call into being the subject, who although now only a specter must materialize to become the agent of change.
The New Protest Era
We are at the beginning of a new period of mass protests that will reshape American politics.
White-Collar Populism
On the politics of professional-class anxiety.
The Landscapes of Border Resistance
The border delineates an imagined terrain — its arbitrary nature is precisely what gives it power.
The Making and Unmaking of Global Capitalism
The authors of The Making of Global Capitalism respond in the conclusion to our seminar on their book.
They Shoot Oscars, Don’t They?
The Oscar ceremony has finally acquired an ideal twenty-first century host in the smirking, tap-dancing, bland-faced Seth MacFarlane.
Tea Party Yankees
Today's Republican extremism owes more to the Constitution that established the Union than the secessionists who sundered it. It's Hoover's party — and Madison's — not Calhoun's.
Failing Up
By promoting our least effective teachers to leadership positions — as Harvard has done with Michael Ignatieff — we can ensure all students have access to a world-class education.
Rebranding Amtrak
Amtrak doesn’t need a writer’s residency program. It needs to deliver affordable, reliable public transportation.
Alive in the Sunshine
There’s no way toward a sustainable future without tackling environmentalism’s old stumbling blocks: consumption and jobs. And the way to do that is through a universal basic income.
Steve Kindred, Irrepressible Radical
Steve Kindred (1944–2014).
Philip Seymour Hoffman (1967–2014)
To see Philip Seymour Hoffman even in films that you hated was to come away awed.
California English
There’s a reason conservative critics want to limit the study of literature to aesthetic experience: any further analysis might become a gateway to a political awareness they fear.
Atari Democrats
As organized labor lost strength, the Democratic Party turned to professional-class voters to shore up its base.
The Crackdown Before the Crackdown
New York City wants to host the 2016 Democratic National Convention. What happened the last time a party convention came to town?