Dispatches From the Culture Wars - May 7, 2019
- We Are Living in the Age of Total Culture War
- Parkland, One Year Later
- A Climate Activist Not In Spite of Her Autism, But Because of It
- It’s Hard For the Israeli left – Liberal Antisemitism Makes It Worse
- A User's Guide to "Cultural Marxism"
- The Rise of White Identity Politics
- Are Voters Just Lemmings?
We Are Living in the Age of Total Culture War
By Justin Charity
May 1, 2019
The Ringer
Dog whistles are blowing constantly—but everyone can hear them. How did we get here?
By Patrick Blanchfield
April/May 2019
Bookforum
The March for Our Lives teens—a group of largely white youth hailing from Florida’s gated communities—must struggle with the double binds, forced trade-offs, and unspoken taboos of the gun control debate.
A Climate Activist Not In Spite of Her Autism, But Because of It
By Steve Silberman
May 6, 2019
Vox
Greta Thunberg discovered her special interest in climate change when she was just 9 years old, and she couldn’t understand why everyone on the planet wasn’t similarly obsessed with preventing it.
It’s Hard For the Israeli Left – Liberal Antisemitism Makes It Worse
By Ayelet Gundar-Goshen
May 3, 2019
The Guardian
Careless UK and US liberals keep giving Netanyahu the opportunity to say that any criticism is driven by hatred of Jews.
A User's Guide to "Cultural Marxism"
By Paul Rosenberg
May 5, 2019
Salon
How an arcane conspiracy theory from the far-right margins is fueling terrorism — and Donald Trump's Twitter feed.
The Rise of White Identity Politics
By Richard D. Kahlenberg
May 3, 2019
Washington Monthly
White voters increasingly see themselves as a threatened ethnic group. By championing an inclusive American identity, liberal politicians can offer an alternative.
By Ryan Cooper
May 2, 2019
Current Affairs
Legitimizing the myth that voters have no actual beliefs or preferences is intellectually sloppy and politically dangerous.