New Perspectives
The myth of white decline, Richard Rorty, radical museum curation, Code Pink, and more
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September 16, 2021
Race
Karen Gaffney, “Are White People Really in Decline? No, but when the mainstream media reports changing racial demographics as a contest for social domination, they validate white supremacists’ worst fears.” (September 15, 2021)
Philosophy
Laura Nelson, “A New Perspective on Richard Rorty’s Philosophy: A series of lectures belatedly published in English sheds new light on the mind of a moralist.” (September 14, 2021)
Art
Altair Brandon-Salmon, “The Radicalism of the Frick Madison: The inequities of America in 2021 play out on the museum’s walls.” (September 13, 2021)
Literature
Alexandra Kleeman, “Something New Under the Sun: Drought, Hollywood, and corporate corruption in the age of alternative facts.” (September 10, 2021)
Alexandra Kleeman and Helen Schulman, “A Near-Future Novel for Our Gorgeous and Beleaguered Present: Alexandra Kleeman chats with Helen Schulman about her new book, Something New Under the Sun.” (September 10, 2021)
Democracy
Alaiza Pashkevich, ““You Cannot Force Me to Look and Not to See:’ Large-scale repression against students and the academic community in Belarus continues.” (September 13, 2021)
Jo Freeman, “Cut the Pentagon! Says Code Pink.” (September 14, 2021)
Our columnists:
Pat Garofalo, “Welcome to the Chip Wars: Intel wants another HQ2 contest, this time for chip manufacturers.” (September 15, 2021)
Heather Cox Richardson, “For the Freedom to Vote: The protection of voting rights seems more vital than ever.” (September 15, 2021)
John Stoehr, “We Do Not Have a Public Health Crisis. We Have a Crisis of Law and Order: Let’s not mince words about `freedoms.’” (September 15, 2021)