Written rules about how to govern only work if they are backed up by unwritten values shared across the political spectrum. Over the past four years, Donald Trump’s relentless attacks on U.S. democratic norms have taken a toll.
Universities are planning to open across the United States with strategies based on fantasy documents and magical thinking.
An anthropologist asks whether U.S. police are people serving the people—or are anonymous drones of state violence.
From bogus miracle cures and dangerous conspiracy theories to powerful shows of weaponry, across the globe, the coronavirus pandemic is evoking all manner of magical thinking.
One of the challenges of the COVID-19 crisis is taking serious action against a threat that seems so abstract and intangible.
An anthropologist explores the controversial labels for COVID-19.
