The Fabric of Capitalism 
What can we learn about the history of capitalism by following slavery’s supply chains?
Fall 2025
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The Fabric of Capitalism
Solace and Solidarity on the Factory Floor
Wang Bing’s Youth is an epic work of people’s history writ small.
The Conquerors of Tomorrow
The tragic inheritance of the Shoah is that the victims of violence are often its next perpetrators.
Attention Stuffed
Our future rests on our capacity to make digital technology more boring.
Schengen Surveillance
By removing checks on borders between European countries while hardening those on the edges of Europe, the EU has redrawn borders along civilizational lines.
Can We Remake Finance?
We have witnessed the destructive effects of financialization. Can the millions held in bank deposits, corporate equities, and bonds be used instead to provide for society’s most pressing needs?
The Bad Science Behind Trans Medicine Bans
The conservative movement has built its case against gender-affirming care on the authority of anachronistic, faulty clinical research.
Why Did Immigrants Support Trump?
The political problem of the border arises from a broader crisis of state legitimacy.
The Value of Nature
Why have some gifts of nature remained free?
The Cuban Exodus
So long as Cubans’ rage and despair remain, the government cannot afford to curtail emigration. And there is no end in sight.
The Pandemic Welfare State
From 2020 to 2022, Americans saw the state mobilize immense resources to boost their standard of living—and then witnessed the hard political constraints hemming in this capacity.
The Future of Sanctuary
Sanctuary activists face new challenges under Trump’s second term but their work has always entailed great personal risk.
Moral Limits
Our empathy seems to make us righteous—even as we benefit from an unequal world.
Syria After Assad
Hope has been restored for many Syrians. But vigilance will be needed to ensure that democratic institutions emerge and withstand autocratic impulses.
How Unions Can Protect Immigrants
An interview with Faye Guenther, president of UFCW Local 3000.
