Professor of History at The New School and Executive Editor at Public Seminar
In the last episode, we discussed the aspirations and limitations of the 19th-century Black freedom movement; this week, Black and white Progressives imagine a twentieth century without racism. My guest is Victoria W. Wolcott, professor of history at the State University of New York at Buffalo and author of Living in the Future: Utopianism and the Long … More Why Now? Episode 3: Black and White Together
A conversation with historian Kerri Greenidge about her new book, “The Grimkés: The Legacy of Slavery in an American Family” In Episode 2 of “Why Now?” Kerri Greenidge talks to us about her new book, The Grimkés: The Legacy of Slavery in an American Family (Liveright, 2022.) The Mellon Assistant Professor in the Department of Studies in Race, … More Why Now? Episode 2: The First Family of Abolition
A conversation with sociologist Daniel Laurison about his new book, “Producing Politics: Inside the Exclusive Campaign World Where the Privileged Few Shape Politics for All of Us” In this debut episode of “Why Now?” I interview Daniel Laurison, Associate Professor of Sociology at Swarthmore College, who studies the connections between economic inequality, racial inequality, and … More Why Now? Episode 1: Pulling Back the Curtain on Political Campaigns
This is content for paid subscribers only at my Substack, Political Junkie, but I wanted to share it with those of you who followthis blog. If you like what you see, subscribe now! Today, House Republicans face a crucial turning point: will they take the threat that conspiracist and accused anti-Semite Marjorie Taylor Greene poses to … More The GOP Is a Dumpster Fire
Slightly less than a year ago, my Substack, Political Junkie launched with a post about the Democratic presidential primary campaign. That post described the experience of politics from a campaign volunteer’s perspective. It was written in the first person plural because this newsletter was one of the ways that the editorial board of Public Seminar, a weekly digital magazine … More Here’s the Deal, Folks: A New Year’s Announcement
Andrea Dworkin is making a comeback. Her work never really went away, but she died in 2005, still writing furiously, but with the lively feminist movement that had created her readership mired in either academic theory or celebrations of female political and corporate firsts. Yet after many years of being disparaged and maligned, often by … More The Return of Andrea Dworkin
As we make the turn into a Trumpless 2021, Political Junkies is adding subscriber-only content Slightly less than a year ago, Political Junkie launched with a post about the Democratic presidential primary campaign. That post described the experience of politics from a campaign volunteer’s perspective. It was written in the first person plural because this newsletter was … More Here’s the Deal, Folks: A New Year’s Announcement
The day after Thanksgiving, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals pulled yet another rug out from under Donald Trump’s serial attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election results. Judge Stephanos Bibas rejected the claims made in the campaign’s brief as specious and excoriated ongoing attempts to exclude legitimate votes from Pennsylvania’s final tallies. “Voters, not … More Yes, Democracy Can Survive Trump
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