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

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Curated Essays for the

Week of May 20

Previous Weeks

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