Archive - From the Editors at Public Seminar

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Mitch Abidor on idealism’s losing battle, multi-generational memory in Wendy Xu’s poetry, and more

Jun 24

Lessons from Libya, Samuel Alito’s Constitution, the long history of the Big Lie, and more

Jun 16

The militant masculinity of evangelicals, how Starbucks unionized, climate change as class warfare, and more

Jun 9

Our favorite essays on art, politics, and education

Jun 2

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò on elite capture, Wendy Doniger on unruly gods, and more

May 26

Anarchists in San Francisco, LGBTQ+ activists in Venezuela, and more

May 19

Coca-Cola and peanuts in Tanzania, the “selfish” decision to not have children, the aftershocks of Japanese American incarceration, and more

May 12

Public Seminar presents a special double issue on African American scholars working in higher education, with Dwight A. McBride, Cathy J. Cohen, and…

Apr 28

On Jacques-Louis David, urban planning in outer space, rejecting white comfort, and more

Apr 21

The no-fly zone argument, expat Russians in New York City, white nationalists in New Zealand, and more

Apr 14

The diverging interests of China, Russia, Poland, and Ukraine

Apr 7

A symposium of social movements and political parties, featuring Sidney Tarrow, William Galston, Megan Ming Francis, Michael Tomasky, and Elisabeth…

Mar 31

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