Issues for the week of July 1, 2021 - Public Seminar

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Curated Essays for the

Week of July 1

Previous Weeks

Special Issue: Conservatism

Magical Thinking, Machiavellian Politics and the Future of the Christian Right

Chelsea Ebin

Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Relations, Drew University

The Furor over Critical Race Theory is 200 Years Too Late

Russ Castronovo

Director of the Center for the Humanities and Tom Paine Professor of English at UW—Madison

Why a Far-Right Activist Slapped President Macron

Hannah Leffingwell

PhD candidate in history, Institute of French Studies at New York University

A Tale of Two Democracies

Sidney Tarrow

Emeritus Maxwell Upson Professor of Government and Adjunct Professor, Cornell Law School
Our Columnists

Big Tech’s Affordable Housing Hustle

Pat Garofalo

Author and director of state and local policy at the American Economic Liberties Project

Remembering Gay Activist Vito Russo

Claire Potter

Professor Emeritus of History at The New School

‘There Was Nothing There’

Heather Cox Richardson

Professor of History, Boston College

Does Being a Billionaire Mean Being a Liar?

John Stoehr

Visiting assistant professor of public policy and liberal studies at Wesleyan University, and editor and publisher of the Editorial Board