The Big Picture
Everything you always wanted to know about the Paris Commune, religious peace in Afghanistan, nineteenth century New York City, abandoned oil and gas wells, and misandry--plus, our columnists!
Barricade de la Place Vendôme, rue de la Paix durant la Commune de Paris de 1871. Photo: Wikimedia Commons
Featured Essay:
Mitchell Abidor, “The Paris Commune of 1871, Myth and Reality: It was not a spontaneous, prefigurative gathering of people waggling their fingers at a general assembly in the spirit of Occupy. It was a working government, and it passed a lot of decrees.” (April 28, 2021)
Current Affairs
Wayne te Brake, “How Does the United States Make Religious Peace in Afghanistan? Europeans learned to manage their religious differences, but it required political action.” (April 28, 2021)
History Rediscovered
David T. Z. Mindich, “New York, From a Balloon: A map captured the evolution of New York City but missed one thing—the people.” (April 28, 2021)
Politics
Joseph Castillo, “Plugged and Abandoned Wells? Not A Problem-It’s the Orphans that the Federal Government Should Worry About: What the Biden administration needs to know about “orphaned wells” before taking the American Jobs Plan to the House floor.” (April 29, 2021)
Books
Hannah Leffingwell, “More Misandry, Please! France Needs More Man-Haters—but Pauline Harmange doesn’t seem to be one of them.” (April 28, 2021)
Columnists
Pat Garafolo, “Foxconn, Take Two: Wisconsin’s new deal is less bad, but not good.” (April 28, 2021)
Claire Potter, “Are Liberals Hurting Children? No–but distracting voters is an old conservative strategy and the conspiracy theories are getting weirder.” (April 29, 2021)
Heather Cox Richardson, “We Still Need to Understand the Insurrection: As disinformation continues to disrupt political life, a Congressional commission could reveal and disable the perpetrators.” (April 29, 2021)
You are invited:
Wednesday, May 5, 2021, 11:00AM to 12:30PM (EDT): At the invitation of the Democracy Seminar, co-executive editor discusses her recent book, Political Junkies, with guests Helena Chmielewska-Szlajfer, David Greenberg, and Nicole Hemmer. This is a webinar and you can: