Roundup Top 10!
Mass Psychology in the Age of Trumpby John T. JostWhy is Trump driving liberals berserk? Is it him or us—or both? |
Company Menby Kim Phillips-FeinThe 200-year legal struggle that led to Citizens United and gave corporations the rights of people. |
Honoring Martin Luther King, Jr., Fifty Years After His Deathby Jelani CobbThis anniversary of his assassination falls amid the largest anti-gun-violence mobilization that we have seen since he departed. |
The Whitewashing — and Resurrection — of Dr. King’s Legacyby Eddie S. Glaude, Jr.In so many ways, King’s life has been reduced to the lead character in a fable the nation tells itself about “the movement,” which begins with Brown v. Board of Education in 1954 and culminates with the 1963 March on Washington or in Selma in 1965. |
Where Have All the Rioters Gone?by Matthew Desmond Good jobs in black communities have disappeared, evictions are the norm, and extreme poverty is rising. Cities should be exploding—but they aren’t. |
Statesman, strongman, philosopher, autocrat: China’s Xi is a man who contains multitudesby Jeffrey WasserstromHe's used his power to crush civil society, but it is not completely fitting to compare him to Putin or Mao. |
Lyndon Johnson left office as a deeply unpopular presidentby Bruce J. SchulmanSo why is he so admired today? |
The shame of antisemitism on the left has a long, malign historyby Philip SpencerThe origins of today’s crisis in Labour date back to the 19th century, and ever since Jews have been seen as a problem by a strain of socialist thought. |
The May 1948 Vote that Made the State of Israelby Martin KramerA long-accepted wisdom has it that just days before the state’s birth, its founders settled two burning issues in a pair of closely decided votes. The wisdom is half-wrong. |
The Nazi History Behind ‘Asperger’by Edith ShefferDr. Hans Asperger is credited with shaping our ideas of autism and Asperger syndrome, diagnoses given to people believed to have limited social skills and narrow interests. |