Issues for the week of May 20, 2021 - Public Seminar

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Curated Essays for the

Week of May 20

Special Issue: Boycotts
It’s Time to Ask New Questions About Boycotts
Claire Potter
Contributing Editor at Public Seminar, and Emeritus Professor of History at the New School for Social Research
When a Boycott Blocks Queer Research
Marc Stein
Jamie and Phyllis Pasker Professor of History at San Francisco State University
The US Olympic Team with No Results
Anita L. DeFrantz
Olympic medalist in rowing, civil rights attorney, Vice President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), author, motivational speaker, and mentor
When Political Institutions Fail, Boycott and Street Protests Can Succeed
Anastasia Mgaloblishvili
MA in European Politics and Governance from the College of Europe
Taking on the Coors Brewing Company—and the Conservative Family Behind It
Allyson P. Brantley
Assistant Professor of History, University of La Verne
History Revisited
The Paris Commune—Myth Made Material
Mitchell Abidor
Brooklyn-based writer and translator
Our Columnists
Can Joe Biden Stay Above the Fray?
Heather Cox Richardson
Professor of History, Boston College
There’s Just One Reason to Oppose a Bipartisan Commission to Investigate the 1/6 Insurgency
John Stoehr
Visiting assistant professor of public policy and liberal studies at Wesleyan University, and editor and publisher of the Editorial Board