Issues for the week of April 29, 2021 - Public Seminar

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Curated Essays for the

Week of April 29

Featured Essay
The Paris Commune of 1871 – Myth and Reality
Mitchell Abidor
Brooklyn-based writer and translator
Current Affairs
How Does the United States Make Religious Peace in Afghanistan?
Wayne Te Brake
Professor Emeritus of History at Purchase College, SUNY
History Rediscovered
New York, From a Balloon
David T. Z. Mindich
Chair of the journalism department at the Klein College of Media and Communication at Temple University
Politics
Plugged and Abandoned Wells? Not A Problem-It’s the Orphans that the Federal Government Should Worry About
Joseph Castillo
Petroleum Engineer
Books
More Misandry, Please!
Hannah Leffingwell
PhD candidate in history, Institute of French Studies at New York University
Our Columnists
Are Liberals Hurting Children?
Claire Potter
Contributing Editor at Public Seminar, and Emeritus Professor of History at the New School for Social Research
We Still Need to Understand the Insurrection
Heather Cox Richardson
Professor of History, Boston College
Foxconn, Take Two
Pat Garofalo
Author and director of state and local policy at the American Economic Liberties Project