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During A Trial Not Resembling Any Other, in a Court Unlike Any Other

The first elected Egyptian president has died

July 11, 2019 • by Gamal Eid

In a building much-feared by political prisoners, infamous for being a torture pit during former dictator Hosni Mubarak's reign -- partially transformed later to a court; former Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi has died. In a glass cage inside an iron cage, in a court inside the Ministry of Interior’s Police Academy, ...

Science & Technology

Will the Idea of Intergenerational Justice Mobilize Us Into Climate Action?

An Interrogation of the Politics of Climate Change

July 10, 2019 • by Tina Sikka

As a result of these factors, climate communication strategies used thus far have just not gained traction. One of the principle questions scientists, social scientists, journalists, and media scholars are currently grappling with is: what is the best way to frame the danger of climate change in a way that ...

Blue Monday

The Perils of Pelosi

I wish Pelosi would open up to her left colleagues, but it’s not likely to happen anytime soon

July 10, 2019 • by Jeffrey C. Isaac

Pelosi’s majority depends more on what happens in the presidential race than anything else. In 2016, the correlation between presidential votes and House votes was a near-perfect .97, higher than it had ever been before. That’s the reality of our polarized electorate, where every race is nationalized.To put it simply, if the ...

Blue Monday

The Perils of Pelosi

I wish Pelosi would open up to her left colleagues, but it’s not likely to happen anytime soon

July 10, 2019 • by Jeffrey C. Isaac

Pelosi’s majority depends more on what happens in the presidential race than anything else. In 2016, the correlation between presidential votes and House votes was a near-perfect .97, higher than it had ever been before. That’s the reality of our polarized electorate, where every race is nationalized.To put it simply, if the ...

Multi Media

School Busing, Girlboss, and Lil Nas X

Past Present Episode 187

July 9, 2019 • by Natalia Mehlman Petrzela, Nicole Hemmer and Neil J. Young

Here are some links and references mentioned during this week’s show: After Senators Joe Biden and Kamala Harris clashed at the Democratic debate, school busing is back in the news. Niki referred to historian Matt Delmont’s book on busing and to her own column at Australia’s The Age about the intergenerational dynamics of the Democratic debates. Natalia recommended Ansley ...

Democracy

Why I Believe in Communicative Action: A Response to Geuss

Discursive democracy is a culture and a praxis rather than a matter of theory

July 8, 2019 • by Laura Nelson

Raymond Geuss begins his insightful yet occasionally misleading essay, “A Republic of Discussion,” with the following three questions, each an entry point into his critical account of Jürgen Habermas’s treatment of deliberative discourse in his Theory of Communicative Action and elsewhere. Here’s my gloss on them: “Is ‘discussion’ really so wonderful?” Occasionally yes, equally occasionally no. ...

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“What Makes Us Feel Special About Our Connections To Violence?”

A Conversation with Lindsey A. Freeman

July 8, 2019 • by Lindsey A. Freeman and Bizaa Zeynab Ali

--- Public Seminar (PS): How did this project emerge and evolve over time? Can you tell us something about your methodology and how you arrived at the decision to use the method of “sociological poetry” for your narrative. The writing in this book has a very lyrical quality to it and ...

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Banner Tales

Material culture and the making of solidarity

July 6, 2019 • by David Featherstone and Diarmaid Kelliher

The miners’ strike workshops were developed alongside an ongoing project called Banner Tales, which is a collaboration between geographers and Glasgow Museums staff. This work has encouraged us to reflect on the relationship between material cultures and the makings of solidarity. In both projects we have been involved in using banners ...

Democracy

Thoughts on Donald Trump, George Wallace, Frederick Douglass, and the Meaning of the Fourth of July

Only we can save ourselves

July 4, 2019 • by Jeffrey C. Isaac

Donald Trump has decided to make this year’s July Fourth his own, complete with a nationally televised address in front of the Lincoln Memorial backed by a display of military force. As the Washington Post reports, “plans by President Trump to reshape Washington’s Independence Day celebration now include an area ...

Podcast

Iran, E. Jean Carroll, and Knitting

Episode 186

July 2, 2019 • by Natalia Mehlman Petrzela, Nicole Hemmer and Neil J. Young

Here are some links and references mentioned during this week’s show: Tensions between Iran and the United States are escalating. Niki recommended Robert D. Kaplan’s article at the New York Times on the connection between U.S. concerns in Asia and the Middle East.Advice columnist E. Jean Carroll is the latest woman to accuse Donald Trump of sexual ...

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Being Against Biden

It is important to oppose him without demonizing him

June 25, 2019 • by Jeffrey C. Isaac

Everything that has happened since his entry has confirmed this judgment. On the one hand, Biden has tripped over a series of hot-button issues -- #MeToo, the Hyde Amendment, and now racially coded language -- with his unique combination of tone deafness and stubborn self-righteousness. On the other hand, he ...

Multi Media

Alan Brinkley, Gloria Vanderbilt, and Lesbian Cruises

Past Present Episode 185

June 25, 2019 • by Natalia Mehlman Petrzela, Neil J. Young and Nicole Hemmer

Here are some links and references mentioned during this week’s show: Columbia political historian Alan Brinkley -- a Ph.D. advisor to Neil and Niki and favorite undergraduate professor of Natalia – has died. Niki recommended Alan Brinkley: A Life in History, a collection of essays by some of his students, including Niki. Neil discussed Brinkley’s ...