America

Karen Lee Ashcraft, author of 'Wronged and Dangerous', argues that for all their seismic energy, even Swifties can’t compete with the momentum made by a power plant like the manosphere and suggests that the time has come to learn its name and address it head-on.…Read more

Jacob C. Miller, author of 'Spectacle and Trumpism' discusses the advantage candidates like Trump gain as politics become more about entertainment and less about facts. …Read more

Chris Ogden, author of The Authoritarian Century, considers how the recent spy balloon incident further reveals the fragility and negative orientation of current relations between Beijing and Washington.…Read more

The general consensus that climate change is the consequence of capitalism often ignores the history of colonialism that underpins our society. While important conversations surrounding the relationship between colonialism and climate change are starting to take place, a deeper understanding is required if we hope to address the complexities of climate change in the context of colonial histories.…Read more

Richard Johnson considers Biden’s bullishness about US global leadership. Does the China challenge mean that this is a false hope – an echo of a fading past rather than a portent of the future? …Read more

Harris Beider and Kusminder Chahal talk about their new book, The Other America: White Working Class Perspectives on Race, Identity and Change, covering the impact of the murder of George Floyd, white privilege, Trump's election and possibilities for building cross-racial coalitions.…Read more