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Free Speech Matters vs. Black Lives Matter?

The Life of the Mind Online

September 29, 2017 • by Jeffrey C. Goldfarb

Yet, today, thanks to the President’s decidedly un-presidential performances, free speech once again is a broad concern of the American public, although the suffering of hurricane and fire victims has been unrelenting. As he exchanged insults with Kim Jong-un, increasing the chances of nuclear disaster, as the Republicans (thankfully) failed once ...

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‘Live Through This: Surviving the Intersections of Sexuality, God, and Race’ by Clay Cane

A book review

September 23, 2017 • by Kevin Ewing

In 1991, filmmaker, educator, and gay rights activist Marlon Riggs told Outlook magazine: “When the existing history and culture do not acknowledge and address you -- do not see or talk to you -- you must write a new history, shape a new culture that will.” He called for Black lesbian and ...

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In the Spirit of Disruptive Action

A Stand Against Torture

September 22, 2017 • by Charles E. Snyder

The protests against Yoo and the APSA in San Francisco this week revealed the way in which universities and college campuses are entangled within broader systems of violence, torture, and oppression. In other words, universities and college campuses in the U.S. are not what they so often claim to be: ...

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Taking Political Differences Seriously

Why I Did Not Protest John Yoo at the APSA Meetings

September 20, 2017 • by Jeffrey C. Isaac

But I did not protest John Yoo's presence at this year's APSA meeting in San Francisco, and the reason why is simple: I believe the protest was misplaced and also advanced a principle that I find disturbing and cannot support. Let me be clear: I did not and do not “oppose” ...

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Bringing AIDS Home

A Queer Look at the History of an Epidemic

September 18, 2017 • by Dan Royles

AIDS at Home includes a wide range of materials, from archival documents and ephemera to documentary film and fine art. Visitors can watch Buddies for Life, a short documentary about the Gay Men’s Health Crisis (GMHC) buddy program, in which volunteers provided help and companionship to people living with AIDS. ...

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DACA, Louise Hay, & an All-Female Lord of the Flies

Past Present: Episode 100

September 14, 2017 • by Natalia Mehlman Petrzela, Nicole Hemmer and Neil J. Young

In this episode, Natalia, Niki, and Neil debate the White House's announcement to end DACA, the death of New Age guru and publisher Louise Hay, and the prospect of an all-female Lord of the Flies remake.

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DACA, Louise Hay, & an All-Female Lord of the Flies

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How All Politics Became Reproductive Politics

An Excerpt from Laura Briggs’ latest book

September 12, 2017 • by Laura Briggs

The Subprime Trump’s presidency has sometimes been portrayed as a historical earthquake, radically discontinuous from what came before. Who could have predicted that at a time of rising employment rates, white U.S. Americans would vote in economic resentment of the Democratic Party? How could one foresee a hostile takeover of the ...

How All Politics Became Reproductive Politics

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Uneasy Street: The Anxieties of Affluence

An excerpt from Rachel Sherman’s new book

September 11, 2017 • by Rachel Sherman

Scott told me he had been self-conscious about his wealth since he was a child. He recalled feeling sensitive to comments classmates and others would make about the size of his family’s house. He said, “I just felt like, ‘Yeah, this is kind of different. And, it’s something to hide.’” ...

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The Inconspicuous, Understated, Wise, 9/11 Memorial of the Union Square Subway Station

An Everyday New York Masterpiece

September 11, 2017 • by Jeffrey C. Goldfarb

Four years ago, I published this piece on Deliberately Considered. We are reposting it today to mark the anniversary of the attacks of 2001. JG “There are more than 8 million ordinary objects in this city that carry within them a sense of its inimitable expression. They express its thundering diversity ...

The Inconspicuous, Understated, Wise, 9/11 Memorial of the Union Square Subway Station

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After 9/11 — What?

A Historian Contemplates the Future of Memory

September 11, 2017 • by Claire Potter

My editorial colleague Jeff Goldfarb told me yesterday that he was going to re-publish one of his reflections from September 11, 2001, and I decided to do so too. But I didn't become a blogger until 2006, and then, it appears -- perhaps because, however schmaltzy, commemorations of the attack ...

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Hurricane Harvey, Sheriff Joe Arpaio, and Princess Diana

Past Present: Episode 99

September 8, 2017 • by Natalia Mehlman Petrzela, Nicole Hemmer and Neil J. Young

On this week's Past Present podcast, Nicole Hemmer, Natalia Mehlman Petrzela, and Neil J. Young debate the natural and political implications of Hurricane Harvey, President Trump's pardon of Sheriff Joe Arpaio, and the legacy of Princess Diana two decades after her death.

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Hurricane Harvey, Sheriff Joe Arpaio, and Princess Diana

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Why Colin Kaepernick Isn’t Working

Football’s Sketchy Labor History

September 7, 2017 • by Claire Potter

Football may be entertainment for most of us, but it is labor for those who play it, a kind of work that requires as much preparation and discipline as any academic or white collar professional training. In fact, many parents begin fantasizing about an NFL career when their children are ...