In Soldiers and Kings, Jason De León uses the anthropological method of “deep hanging out” to offer a complicated portrait of migrant smugglers.
The African American perfectionists offered “faith” instead of “hope”—emphasizing the struggle to realize a vision of justice rather than passive assurance that it would prevail.
Critics of the Supreme Court think it has lost its claim to legitimacy. But proposals for reforming it must strike a balance with preserving its power and independence, which remain essential to our constitutional system.
As twenty million people took to the streets in 2020, why did so few pick up a brick? And would the movement to which they belong be better off if they had?
The reviewer highlights some of the noteworthy (and readable) academic press books coming out in the first half of 2021.
W.B. Yeats knew what he was talking about when he said of Swift, “Imitate him if you dare.”
A look at the book by Daniel Schulman about the dynastic feud between the Koch Brothers and how they do what they do.
The author reviews two books: One discusses the state of journalism today; the other examines how the dominant culture brutalizes the poor and lionizes the powerful.
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