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The Power of Lies

The Power of Lies

Feminist Toughs

Feminist Toughs

Plurality On Campus

Plurality On Campus

Friendship Versus Banality

George Prochnik explores the deep friendship between Hannah Arendt and Gershom Scholem.

Justice Thomas' Racial Fatalism

The Supreme Court this week ruled that two gerrymandered districts in North Carolina were unconstitutional because they were impermissibly drawn on racial grounds to dilute the vote of black Americans.

Words That Mean Nothing

Masha Gessen, who will be speaking at the Hannah Arendt Center Conference on "Crises of Democracy," turns to Hannah Arendt to understand Donald Trump's assault on language and our common world.

The Courage to Be: Tania Bruguera

Ana Bauer, Gemma Godfrey, and Loreli Mojica, HAC student fellows, share their thoughts on Tania Bruguera's visit for our spring 2017 "Courage to Be" Dinner and Lecture Series.

People's Assemblies

Kate Aronoff interviews Chokwe Antar Lumumba, who will likely be the next Mayor of Jackson, Mississippi. Lumumba is an advocate of bringing "people's assemblies" back into government, a new way to rethink the idea of self-government.

Reactionism

Andrew Sullivan rightly sees that we are in the grip of reactionism, not conservatism. Reactionism is not simply about hatred or racism. It is illiberal, yes, but an indignant rejection of the status quo.