Activism
Plus: technology, leaving Afghanistan, history and politics
Image credit: Edward Quin’s Historical Atlas (1830)/Public Domain Review
July 15, 2021
Activism
Pamela Ballinger, “Seattle’s Capitol Hill Occupied Protest One Year Later: The city’s deep history of radical activism—and how it became a national symbol of anarchy.” (July 14, 2021)
Jo Freeman, “Time’s Up for Fossil Fuels: A photo essay.” (July 2, 2021)
The Media
Arlene Stein, “Social Media Has Changed Academic Culture—For the Worse: When the internet poisons debate, it’s harder to make the connections we need to support each other.” (July 14, 2021)
Jeannette Osman and Wazhmah Estruth, “Watching Afghanistan: On television and the Afghan culture wars.” (July 12, 2021)
History Reconsidered
Janet Golden and Richard Harris, “Politicians Should Get the History Right—Particularly Their Own History: If Democrats want to be trustworthy they must account for, not hide, how they have changed over time.” (July 14, 2021)
Our columnists:
Pat Garafolo, “The Great Jobs Bait and Switch: Agreements in public, compliance (or not) in private.” (July 14, 2021)
Claire Potter, “`What Can I Do to Help?’—Said No Software Solution Ever: Re-hiring human beings for clerical, secretarial, and other traditional pink-collar work would create good jobs and make our offices more attuned to human needs.” (July 14, 2021)
Heather Cox Richardson, “A `Proud Capitalist,’ Joe Biden is Championing Competition: Capitalism without competition isn’t capitalism; it’s exploitation.” (July 13, 2021)
John Stoehr, “Facts About the Covid Vaccinations Are Totally Political, Because All Facts Are Totally Political: We need a new consensus.” (July 14, 2021)