a global intellectual commons
IDF soldiers putting on tefillin and tallit for morning prayer before entering Gaza
February 19, 2025 and
Why “the only democracy in the Middle East” is cozying up to authoritarian regimes
Kamala Harris posters, Chicago, Illinois (2024) | John Ruberry / Shutterstock.com
February 13, 2025
When silence is not an option
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History
Israel’s American History
January 29, 2025 and
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Education
Schools Are for Children, Not Soldiers
December 3, 2024
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Democracy
Voting While Uncommitted
October 31, 2024
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The Left
What Democrats Lose in Ignoring the Uncommitted Movement
October 24, 2024
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Education
All IU Faculty, Staff, and Students Are “Safe,” but Some Are Safer Than Others
October 24, 2024
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Turkey
From Erdoğan’s Turkey to Trump’s America
February 7, 2025
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Turkey
The 2023 Turkish Elections—A Roller Coaster Ride between Hope and Despair
June 14, 2023
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Turkey
There’s Nothing Natural about Turkey’s Earthquake Disaster
February 16, 2023
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What Jeff Goldfarb Understood
July 7, 2021
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Fascism
Varieties of Antifascism
October 15, 2020
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India
The Future for India’s Opposition
June 24, 2024
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India
The World’s “Largest Democracy”?
May 30, 2024
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Democracy
Political Meaning and Significance of the Farmer’s Protests in India
January 26, 2021
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Politics
The Indian Media is Blaming Muslims for the Coronavirus Pandemic
November 16, 2020 and
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Books
Empire and Ecology in the Bengal Delta: The Making of Calcutta
July 15, 2020
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Literature
When Is It Time to Leave?
January 30, 2025
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Literature
The Powerful Convergence of Past, Present, and Future in Catherine Texier’s Latest Novel
January 23, 2025 and
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Literature
The Witches of El Paso
December 11, 2024
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Books
A Termination
December 9, 2024
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Sex & Gender
Her Choice
December 9, 2024 and
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United States
The Dictatorship of the Tech Bros—or, What Is to Be Done?
February 7, 2025 and
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United States
Trump Returns
February 6, 2025
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United States
Election Anxiety Mixtape
November 5, 2024
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United States
Trump’s Charm Offensive
November 1, 2024
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United States
The “Prose of Counterinsurgency” 
November 1, 2024
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History
Curzio Malaparte’s War
January 30, 2025
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Sex & Gender
The New Urgency of LGBTQ+ Pride in Paris
October 7, 2024
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The Left
The French Politics of the Pantheon and the Monumental Hypocrisy of Emmanuel Macron
April 8, 2024
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Literature
 Artists Against Colonels 
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Fascism
Wildfires, Rhodes, and the Legacies of Fascism
September 25, 2023