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What to Expect When You Are Expecting Exploitation

An excerpt from ‘Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism’

February 18, 2019 • by Kristen R. Ghodsee

In a witty, irreverent op-ed piece that went viral, Kristen Ghodsee argued that women had better sex under socialism. The response was tremendous -- clearly, she articulated something many women had sensed for years: the problem is with capitalism, not with us. Ghodsee, an acclaimed ethnographer and professor of Russian and ...

What to Expect When You Are Expecting Exploitation

Education

Can Screened Schools Be Part Of A Diverse School System?

Why racial and income integration in the public schools matters

February 17, 2019 • by Clara Hemphill and Nicole Mader

The Mayor’s School Diversity Advisory Group this week released a report making a compelling case for why racial and income integration in the public schools matters. Now the challenge is coming up with realistic plans to make it happen -- and at the Center for New York City Affairs we ...

Can Screened Schools Be Part Of A Diverse School System?

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Behrouz Boochani and the Biopolitics of the Camp

The New Primo Levi?

February 16, 2019 • by Dimitris Vardoulakis

Behrouz Boochani’s No Friend but the Mountains, a literary sensation upon its publication in Australia in August 2018, and soon to be released in the United States, deserves a place alongside classics of the prison writing genre. [1] At the same time, it contains important lessons for everyone thinking about power in the ...

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Immigrants Demand Permanent Residency

Hundreds march in Washington DC on February 12th

February 15, 2019 • by Jo Freeman

About 500 people came to Washington DC from different states to march from the White House to the Capital demanding that they be allowed to stay in the United States. February 12 was a cold and rainy day. Most of them came here under Temporary Protected Status from 13 different countries. President ...

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Socialism and the Future of Gender Justice: Part 2

A Dialogue about Feminism in the Marketplace of Ideas

February 15, 2019 • by Kristen R. Ghodsee and Maria Bucur

On August 12, 2017, Kristen Ghodsee published an op-ed in the New York Times, titled “Why Women Had Better Sex under Socialism.” The piece was due to appear in print a few days later, but the editors published the online version on that date. Coincidentally, the late night of August 11th and the morning of August ...

Socialism and the Future of Gender Justice: Part 2

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Local Trust and the Syrian Withdrawal

One Marine’s Experience with an Afghan Elder

February 14, 2019 • by Jake Davis

The recent discussions about President Trump’s decision to pull American troops from the complex political and military quagmire of the Middle East leaves me with mixed responses. While I understand how we got here, overall I do not think that we should be in Syria right now; no national policy ...

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Socialism and the Future of Gender Justice

A Dialogue about Feminism in the Marketplace of Ideas

February 14, 2019 • by Kristen R. Ghodsee and Maria Bucur

On August 12, 2017, Kristen Ghodsee published an op-ed in the New York Times, titled “Why Women Had Better Sex under Socialism.” The piece was due to appear in print a few days later, but the editors published the online version on that date. Coincidentally, the late night of August 11th and the morning ...

Socialism and the Future of Gender Justice

Exiles on 12th Street

Graphic New York

Exiles on 12th Street, Episode One

February 13, 2019 • by Claire Potter

What does New York look like, feel like, sound like, smell like? In celebration of the city that Exiles on 12th Street calls home, the first episode of the podcast is dedicated to the stories of those who live here. Join us as we hit the streets to explore the ...

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Bodies and Personality Disorders

The body as a badge of sufferance and a desired place of belonging

February 13, 2019 • by Clara Mucci

Borderline Bodies: Affect Regulation Therapy for Personality Disorders, a new book by Clara Mucci connects interpersonal neurobiology, attachment theory, and psychoanalytic theory with cognitive and neuroscientific work on implicit memory, trauma theory, and dissociation to propose an integrated method for treating severe borderline and narcissistic disorders, with the prime aim of ...

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Blackface, Venezuela, and Conversation Hearts

Past Present Episode 166

February 12, 2019 • by Natalia Mehlman Petrzela, Nicole Hemmer and Neil J. Young

In this episode, Natalia, Niki, and Neil discuss the history of blackface, political upheaval in Venezuela, and the demise of Valentine’s Day conversation hearts. Here are some links and references mentioned during this week’s show: Two top Virginia Democrats have admitted to wearing blackface. Natalia pointed to a recent Gucci turtleneck that many have ...

Blackface, Venezuela, and Conversation Hearts

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A New Way to Heal Borderline Bodies

An interview with Clara Mucci

February 12, 2019 • by Clara Mucci and Josh Maserow

Borderline Bodies: Affect Regulation Therapy for Personality Disorders, a new book by Clara Mucci connects interpersonal neurobiology, attachment theory, and psychoanalytic theory with cognitive and neuroscientific work on implicit memory, trauma theory, and dissociation to propose an integrated method for treating severe borderline and narcissistic disorders, with the prime aim of ...

Blue Monday

The Attacks on Ilhan Omar Must Stop

Why criticizing AIPAC is not anti-Semitism

February 11, 2019 • by Jeffrey C. Isaac

Ilhan Omar, the recently-elected Democratic Congressperson who represents Minnesota’s Fifth Congressional District, has come under fire for her recent comments about AIPAC, the American-Israel Political Action Committee. The Times headline puts it well: “Pelosi and Democratic Leaders Condemn Omar Statements as Anti-Semitic.” It is important to be clear about the comments that ...