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Zulu vs Xhosa: How Colonialism Used Language To Divide South Africa’s Two Biggest Ethnic Groups

Jochen S. Arndt The Conversation
South Africa has 12 official languages. The two most dominant are isiZulu and isiXhosa. While the Zulu and Xhosa people share a rich common history, they have also found themselves engaged in ethnic conflict and division, notably during urban wars between 1990 and 1994. A new book, Divided by the Word, examines this history – and how colonisers and African interpreters created the two distinct languages, entrenched by apartheid education.

Chile Has Entered Its Thermidorian Period

Marcelo Casals, Translation by Nicolas Allen Jacobin
The far right’s victory in elections for the Constitutional Council may be the death knell for a progressive constitution in Chile. It’s also a needed wake-up call for the Chilean left.

Sunday Science: GIVING HEART

Jennifer Couzin-Frankel Science
A new procedure for donating hearts and other organs is saving lives. But for some it challenges the definition of death.

Dems’ Old Formula Is a Big 2024 Risk

David Sirota The Lever
Dems’ are settling on the same playbook: shifting right, crushing a primary, and hoping demoralized voters are repulsed by the GOP

Biden Anxiety

Harold Meyerson American Prospect
Though the public thinks he’s too old to serve a second term, Joe Biden keeps getting older. What should the Democrats do?