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November 13th, 2016

In writing about the evils of genocide and totalitarianism, Hannah Arendt insisted on the effort to understand.

November 6th, 2016

Writers are turning to Hannah Arendt's thinking about totalitarianism and fascism to try to understand Donald Trump.

October 30th, 2016

At the Arendt Center's "Real Talk" Conference two speakers (Erica Hunt and Claudia Rankine, both poets) recommended Sarah Schulman's new book Conflict is Not Abuse: Overstating Harm, Community Responsibility, and The Duty of Repair.

October 23rd, 2016

The Hannah Arendt Center had a spectacular Conference this week "Real Talk." 

October 16th, 2016

Dylan Matthews contests those who say that those voting for Donald Trump are from the economic fringe. In fact, 50% of Trump voters are simply Republicans, and vote Republican in every election. The average income of the Trump voter is $72,000 per year, well above the average in the United States. So why are these voters supporting Trump? Matthews says its simple: Race.

October 9th, 2016

For the third time since 1857, The Atlantic Magazine has endorsed a candidate for President of the United States.

October 2nd, 2016

A number of years ago amidst the effort in California to eliminate state benefits for immigrants, I became aware of how arguments from constitutional authority can be dangerous.

September 25th, 2016

Jo Guldi argues that the Brexit vote and similar anti-elitist political movements need to be understood as more than simply a form of economic populism. 

September 18th, 2016

Talking about his recent book Black Earth, Timothy Snyder lays out what he does and does not owe to Hannah Arendt.