Glenn Loury and Harold Pollack consider whether the movement’s rhetoric on race could backfire. Plus: Is Bernie Sanders pandering on race?
Conor Friedersdorf and Daniel Teehan, a Princeton student protester, debate whether such instruction should be mandatory for college faculty. Plus: Is Princeton an institution of white supremacy?
Murtaza Hussain explains. Plus: A “Muslim loser with a gun” can hurt millions.
John Horgan, author of The End of Science, envisions a new flourishing of philosophy. Plus: Can science hope to solve the mystery of consciousness?
Daniel Strauss of Politico and Daniel Strauss of The Second City on mocking Jeb Bush. Plus: Trump’s self-satire.
Michael Brendan Dougherty talks about his fear of dying outside of a state of grace. Plus: What’s the true meaning of Christmas?
Matt Lewis thinks that Trump has a real shot at winning the nomination, but Bill Scher is still skeptical. Plus: Breaking the second-term curse.
Kevin Glass and Cathy Reisenwitz explore why smaller political movements are often hostile to new converts.
Glenn Loury and John McWhorter weigh the effects of affirmative action. Plus: Affirmative action and racial authenticity.
John Horgan and George Johnson recount the “hallucinatory quality” of doing a television interview. Plus: The cult of Bayesianism.