by guest contributor Rob Koehler Like a lot of college students today, Daniel Tompkins (1774-1825) spent much of his four years at the newly named Columbia College [now University] writing essays. Foreshadowing his later political commitments as New York Governor… Continue Reading →
Erin: An Open Letter to Our Nation from 100 Women of Color Leaders David Remnick, “An American Tragedy” (The New Yorker) Masha Gessen, “Autocracy: Rules for Survival” (NYR Daily) Thomas Frank, “Swat Team” (Harper’s) Bergis Jules, “Confronting Our Failure of… Continue Reading →
by guest contributor Elizabeth Everton In a 2009 interview, Twitter’s founder, Jack Dorsey, drew upon the dictionary definition of “tweet” – “a short burst of inconsequential information” – to characterize his creation. Ten years after Twitter’s inception, few would persist… Continue Reading →
by guest contributor Michael Savage In the United States, segregated metropolitan areas are a national phenomenon, with heavily minority inner-cities typically ringed by much wealthier and predominantly white autonomous suburbs. According to 24/7 Wall St., America’s three most segregated cities… Continue Reading →
Emily: Ian Buruma, Oscar Wilde’s ‘Living Death’ (NYRB) William Davies, Home Office Rules (LRB) John Gallagher, Elzābet of Anletār (LRB) Anne Grikitis, Women in the Civil Service, WW1: winning the battle for acceptance (History of Government) Erin: Lorrie More, “The… Continue Reading →
by guest contributor David Loner This past month I attended a symposium held at Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge in memory of the Finnish logician and Cambridge professor of philosophy G.H. von Wright (1916-2003), who this June would have been 100…. Continue Reading →
by guest contributor Monique Flores Ulysses Growing up as the child of a Mexican mother, when I heard Alejandro Fernández’s rendition of the popular corrido “Paso del norte” blasting out of our old speakers on a Saturday morning, I knew… Continue Reading →
by guest contributor Jamie Phillips At a meeting of the Society of Psychoneurologists-Materialists in Moscow in 1930, the Chairman of the Society, Aron Zalkind, appraised the current the state of their field in the Soviet Union, and spoke in particular… Continue Reading →
Emily: Sam Tanenhaus, Rise of the Reactionary, on the history of the American right (New Yorker) Olivia Robinson and Alison Moulds, Women in Oxford’s History, a new podcast Jaime Cantrell, Out of the Closet, Into the Archives: Researching Sexual Histories… Continue Reading →
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