The Shameful Persistence of White Supremacy in the United States
This loathsome worldview continues to have an outsize impact on U.S. culture. Can Black Lives Matter and other progressive movements do anything about it?
The Shameful Persistence of White Supremacy in the United States
Politics
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No One Right Way to Peace
International doctrines don’t always work as expected. In fact, some violence is stoked by the rules that are meant to suppress it.
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How Have Attitudes Toward Extremism Changed Over Time?
Language exerts a powerful influence on our perceptions of the world. Looking closely at the way we use words can reveal deep-seated cultural biases.
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Is the United Nations Broken?
Anthropologists turned the U.N. into a field site. Their studies highlight the U.N.'s fragility, but we shouldn't give up on the organization just yet.
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Digging Into the Myth of Timbuktu
Long considered by Europeans to be void of archaeological riches, Timbuktu is a treasure trove of ancient human history.
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Can We “See” Climate Change?
Climate change skeptics point to ice and snow to seed doubt about global warming—but visible evidence of the changing climate is all around us.