Week of July 22

• Foreign Affairs
  20 Years of U.S. Occupation Was Brutal in Afghanistan—And So Will Be the Exit

  Sonali Kolhatkar

  Founder, host, and executive producer of the television and radio show Rising Up With Sonali
  The Protests in Cuba

  Natalia Mehlman Petrzela, Nicole Hemmer and Neil J. Young
• Critical Race Theory
  One Karen’s Perspective on Our Whitewashed History

  Karen Gaffney

  English Professor at Raritan Valley Community College
• Animal Rights
  Undercover Investigations Expose Brutal Wildlife Killing Contests

  Katie Stennes

  Program manager for wildlife protection at the Humane Society of the United States
• Books
  How Charlie Brown Remained A “Good Man”

  Blake Scott Ball

  Assistant Professor of History at Huntingdon College
• Our Columnists
  Lowe’s Loses, Taxpayers Win

  Pat Garofalo

  Author and director of state and local policy at the American Economic Liberties Project
  In a Federal Infrastructure Bill, Waste Isn’t Pork

  Claire Potter

  Contributing Editor at Public Seminar, and Emeritus Professor of History at the New School for Social Research
  Why Voting Rights Are Still Necessary Trouble

  Heather Cox Richardson

  Professor of History, Boston College
  How Do We Solve a Problem Like ‘Vaccine Skeptics’? Stop Respecting Their Excuses for Bad Behavior

  John Stoehr 

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