The True Foucault
The issues most important to Michel Foucault have moved from the margins to become major preoccupations of political life. But what did Foucault actually teach?
Winter 2025
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The House That Charles Built
Over a long career as a public intellectual, Charles Mills used his gut-punching wit and moral clarity in defense of racial justice.
The Laws of Forever War
In Humane, historian Samuel Moyn argues that efforts to make U.S. wartime conduct less brutal have helped pave the way for a policy of permanent armed counterterrorism.
A New Political Identity
Occupy Wall Street was the critical event in the formation of a novel anticapitalist intellectual milieu.
Why Did the Western Left Ignore Occupy Nigeria?
With millions of participants flooding the streets of Nigerian cities and towns, it was the largest Occupy movement in the world. Yet ten years later, little has been written about Occupy Nigeria.
Talking in Circles
Ten years on, Occupy’s demands have shaken off their aura of eccentricity. But there’s far less hope about the utopian possibilities of enabling everyone to speak at once.
Higher Education for the 99 Percent
The radical agenda set by the debtors’ campaigns that emerged from Occupy Wall Street have slowly reshaped Democratic Party politics.
The Debts That Bind
Strike Debt’s insistence that debtors “owe each other everything and owe Wall Street nothing” remains a potent rebuke to a financial system dependent on the narrative of individual responsibility and personal fault.
Lessons from the Public Power Campaign
This summer, two popular bills to democratize New York’s energy system died in the state legislature. A revived campaign will need both sympathetic legislators and the direct action tactics of social movements.
The Status of Refugees
Seventy years after the UN Refugee Convention, the United States should refresh its commitment to displaced people.
The Rise of the Elite Anti-Intellectual
For decades, “common sense” has been a convenient framing for conservative ideas. The label hides a more complicated picture.
The Meaning of the Protests in Cuba
The July 11 protests fused economic and political grievances. A struggle is taking place in Cuba over what happens next.
Culture War in the Classroom
It is time for educators to go on the offensive against the conservative campaign to ban “critical race theory” from schools.
Redlining, Race, and the Color of Money
Redlining maps document the deep history of institutional racism in the United States. They also reveal how the federal government managed risk for capital—a role that has perpetuated inequality long after the end of explicit discrimination in the housing market.
The Afghanistan Evacuation
The Biden administration announced that it will accelerate plans to relocate Afghans who worked with the U.S. military. Their situation demands the most urgent response possible.
