Conversation Archives – Page 3 of 8

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Vexed Solidarities

June 24, 2020 Helen Betya Rubinstein

Cathy Park Hong discusses the insidiousness of American success narratives, white shame, and the difficulty of defining Asian America.

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Changing the Haredi Discourse

June 19, 2020 Libby Lenkinski

Israeli activist Pnina Pfeuffer discusses her efforts to transform Haredi communities from within—and the failures of communal leadership during the pandemic.

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Electoral Limbo

June 18, 2020 Madeleine Schwartz

A roundtable on the elections delayed or canceled around the world because of Covid-19, and their implications for already-frayed democratic institutions.

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Stealing Away in America

June 10, 2020 Zoé Samudzi

Vicky Osterweil, author of the forthcoming book In Defense of Looting, discusses the ways that looting contests the racial capitalist logics at the heart of American empire.

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Living the Unlivable

June 1, 2020 Sam Holleran

Jasbir K. Puar on the Great March of Return and the perils of exceptionalizing the Gaza blockade.

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All Epidemics Are Social

May 28, 2020 Ari M. Brostoff

The historical memory of those who lived through and organized during the AIDS crisis offers an invaluable resource in the struggle for a just response to the coronavirus emergency.

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Listening to Wampanoag Law

May 5, 2020 Ray Levy-Uyeda

jessie little doe baird of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe discusses what’s at stake this week in the federal ruling regarding the tribe’s land and sovereignty.