Dispatches From the Culture Wars - July 9, 2019
- ‘Nothing Prepares You for the Inhumanity of It’
- Poverty Doesn’t Make You Racist
- Unions, Protests and Balloons
- A Cultural History of Feminine Nouns Turned Into Insults
- The New NIMBY
- The Democrats Aren’t a Left-Wing Party — They Just Play One on TV
- Why Editorial Cartoons are Endangered
‘Nothing Prepares You for the Inhumanity of It’
By Elaine Godfrey
July 2, 2019
The Atlantic
At a visit to Border Patrol facilities this week, the freshman congresswoman Madeleine Dean of Pennsylvania met weeping women and exchanged notes with detained children.
Poverty Doesn’t Make You Racist
By Nathan Newman
June 26, 2018
Dissent
According to a recent study, white voters who support anti-racist policies generally have less income than their more racist peers.
By Shaun Richman
July 6, 2019
New York Daily News
By taking aim at an inflatable rodent, the NLRB invites a First Amendment challenge.
A Cultural History of Feminine Nouns Turned Into Insults
By Amanda Montell
May 21, 2019
Medium
‘Slut’ and ‘hussy’ used to have tame meanings. Then, like so many other feminine nouns, they came to mean ‘prostitute’.
By Michael Hobbes
July 6, 2019
Huffpost
Residents of wealthy neighborhoods are taking extreme measures to block much-needed housing and transportation projects.
The Democrats Aren’t a Left-Wing Party — They Just Play One on TV
By Eric Levitz
July 2, 2019
New York Magazine
Liberals may set the pace in Democratic discourse and presidential debates. But on Capitol Hill, the centrists often take the wheel.
Why Editorial Cartoons are Endangered
By John Diaz
July 6, 2019
San Francisco Chronicle
One factor that may work against editorial cartooning is a diminished appreciation for pointed satire in this polarized era.