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Speech Acts
Despite its attunement to the political potential of language, Ben Lerner’s The Topeka School remains trapped in reductive narratives about the Trump era.
Dilara O’Neil October 1, 2019
Hillel vs. Academic Freedom
Jewish organizations are siding with the Trump administration in its war on Middle East studies.
Mari Cohen September 27, 2019
Avram Finkelstein
“Ethics are irrelevant if they’re coming for you.”
Dan Fishback September 26, 2019
Tradition Compels Us to Respond
Religious communities are confronting the threat of climate change with activism.
Arianna Skibell September 25, 2019
Bari Weiss’s Unasked Questions
In How to Fight Anti-Semitism, a facile approach to history justifies an impoverished ethical stance.
Judith Butler September 23, 2019
Bibiism After Bibi
Israel’s longest-serving prime minister may be out, but his legacy will outlast him.
Etan Nechin September 20, 2019
Separation Wall
“We would like the babies not to find out about / the failures waiting for them.”
Naomi Shihab Nye September 19, 2019
Italy’s Green Fascists
La Foresta Che Avanza is using environmentalism to make its fascist ideology more palatable to the mainstream.
Erica X Eisen September 18, 2019
