Brazilian Politics During the Cold War
May 8, 2017
Herbert S. Klein & Francisco Vidal Luna— There is little question that the U.S. was directly involved in the overthrow of the democratic government of Brazil in 1964. In the subsequent… READ MORE
Category: Political Science
Sick Labor: Illness and Treatment in Stalin’s Gulags
May 5, 2017
Golfo Alexopoulos— In the Gulag or forced labor camp system under Stalin, 1929-1953, prisoners represented the state’s “human raw material.” Camp officials recorded prisoners’ illnesses, hospitalizations, and deaths as a… READ MORE
Lawmaking in the Trump Era
May 4, 2017
David R. Mayhew— The Republicans should take a deep breath. They are stuck with a divided party on Capitol Hill. Why should we be surprised? It is a tradition for… READ MORE
Subordination Is the New Inequality
May 3, 2017
Roy L. Brooks— Since the end of the civil rights period, circa 1972, the problem of racial inequality in the United States has largely been defined as a socioeconomic problem…. READ MORE
Finding the Future of Environmentalism in its Past
April 25, 2017
Benjamin Heber Johnson— Most environmental protections are predicated on the use of state power. When Americans feared that a species would soon be pushed over the brink of extinction, they… READ MORE
The Backdrop of the Crisis in Syria
April 20, 2017
Itamar Rabinovich— An atrocious civil war has been raging in Syria for more than six years now. More than half a million Syrians have been killed thus far, and more… READ MORE
Eclipses and the Lessons of History
April 14, 2017
Anthony Aveni— “Celestial source of life and light on earth! What envious rival intercepts thy rays? Dares thy own satellite intercepts thy blaze, Or stay thy stream of empyrean birth?…”… READ MORE
Remembering (and Forgetting) Collective History
April 11, 2017
David Rieff— Lawrence Binyon’s poem “For the Fallen” was first published in the London Times on September 21, 1914, six weeks after the Great War had begun. It is sometimes… READ MORE
Decarbonization and the Fossil Fuels – What Happens Next?
April 7, 2017
Dieter Helm— The simple answer is that if Paris is the best we can do to decarbonize the global energy system, the companies can relax and carry on as usual…. READ MORE
Digitalization: The Deadly Threat to Fossil Fuels
April 5, 2017
Dieter Helm— Decarbonization should eventually bring about the end of fossil fuels, but they face a much more immediate threat. That threat is digitalization. Everything digital is electric. The future… READ MORE
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