2020

Week of June 12

  • Introduction
  • Reflections
  • Protest and Politics
  • Sex & Violence
Debating the way forward from a national crisis; sexual violence; and Sentencing the Present's grand finale.

Week of May 29

  • Symposium: The American Left at a Crossroads
  • Politics
  • Reflections
Special issue: The American left at a crossroads; plus democracy in Hong Kong and Sentencing the Present #4. Read More

Week of May 22

  • Long Reads
  • Capitalism
  • The Pandemic
  • Reflections
Long reads for a long weekend: Capitalism, the pandemic, and reflections on contemporary history. Read More

Week of May 15

  • The Future
  • Politics
  • Reflections
Commencement, the future, political renewal and reflections on contemporary history Read More

Week of May 8

  • Reflections
  • The Pandemic
  • Politics
Reflections on our time, the pandemic, and politics Read More

Week of April 29

  • Capitalism
  • Politics
  • Annals of the Pandemic
Capitalism; politics; what happened when a Jesuit went to Milan -- and books. Read More

Week of April 22

  • Culture
  • The Pandemic
  • Politics
  • Books
How the internet-famous become authors; the pandemic; politics, and books. Read More

Week of April 15

  • The Pandemic
  • Democracy
  • Fashion, Emotion and the Self
Flattening the coronavirus curve brings little relief; the personal world of clothing. Read More

Week of April 8

  • Work
  • Literature
  • Democracy
  • History
Whose work matters? And: history, democracy, and literature in plague times Read More