October 21, 2024

13 Must-Read Books for Understanding U.S. Policies and Media Relations

Raina Mansfield

Continuing our recommendations for books to read as the election cycle heats up, we curated a list of books about U.S. domestic concerns, such as climate activism, policing, immigration, and race relations, as well as books that provide insights on...

October 17, 2024

Claudia Leeb on Contesting the Far Right

In Contesting the Far Right: A Psychoanalytic and Feminist Critical Theory Approach, Claudia Leeb argues that psychoanalytic and feminist critical theory illuminate how economic and psychological factors interact to produce an extreme political shift to the far right. She examines...

October 16, 2024

The War on Mothers

Gil Anidjar

I am my mother’s child. Like every soul on earth, I have been mothered. Whence my writing on, to and from, mothers. We tell ourselves many stories, and many of them have to do with beginnings. The Mayflower, the American...

October 10, 2024

Melissa Deckman on The Politics of Gen Z

Our nation’s youngest voters are increasingly spearheading progressive activism. In The Politics of Gen Z: How the Youngest Voters Will Shape Our Democracy, Melissa Deckman explores the world of youth-led progressive organizing, highlighting the crucial importance of gender and sexuality....

October 9, 2024

Andrew Payne on War on the Ballot

In this Q&A, Andrew Payne discusses the research process behind the book and explains what he discovered about the politics of foreign policy today.

October 1, 2024

Lucina Schell on “Sangre” by Mercedes Roffé

The Argentine poet Mercedes Roffé is known for her ekphrastic poetry and her engagement with a wide range of different artistic traditions, from visual art to music and literature. Her 2016 book Diario ínfimo (Mere diary), excerpted in Constellation, is...