
Culture & Society
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Anti-Semitism and Intersectionality
Anti-Semitism and Intersectionality
Slavoj Žižek sees problems with efforts to treat hatred toward Jews separately from other forms of bigotry. -
Creeping Toward Dystopia
Creeping Toward Dystopia
Robert Skidelsky worries that even elected governments will appropriate emerging technologies in the name of national security. -
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Backsliding on Maternal Mortality
Backsliding on Maternal Mortality
Natalia Kanem urges governments to take immediate, proven steps to ensure that childbirth is a time of life, not death. -
The Benin Bronzes’ Bungled Return
The Benin Bronzes’ Bungled Return
Helmut K. Anheier explains why impartial intermediaries are crucial to facilitating sensitive cultural exchanges. -
China and India Have Fewer People Than the UN Thinks
China and India Have Fewer People Than the UN Thinks
Yi Fuxian explains why the United Nations failed to predict the biggest demographic shifts of the past decade. -
Law’s Struggle for Dignity
Law’s Struggle for Dignity
Nicholas Reed Langen considers the basic principles at stake in Israel's conflict over judicial independence. -
Half a Century of Animal Liberation Is Not Enough
Half a Century of Animal Liberation Is Not Enough
Peter Singer explains why he is publishing a thoroughly revised and updated edition of his classic book. -
Listening to Arab Youth
Listening to Arab Youth
Jihad Azour urges policymakers to tackle the job crisis and enable entrepreneurship in the Middle East and North Africa.