The Roundup Top Ten for May 27, 2022
White Replacement Theory is Fascism's New Nameby Jason Stanley and Federico FinchelsteinThe global adoption of the idea of ethnic replacement by right-wing politicians is a repackaging of the themes of Jim Crow racism, eugenics and fascism. |
What Parents Did Before Baby Formulaby Carla Cevasco"The formula shortage is not a victory for breastfeeding. It is a calamity for families who, like families throughout history, just want to feed their children." |
Banning Abortion and The Buffalo Shooting are Connectedby Mytheli SreenivasThe seeming coincidence of the Buffalo shooter's "Great Replacement" manifesto and the leaked Supreme Court decision actually highlights the way that women's reproductive freedoms are central to the politics of race and demography. |
The CRT and "Don't Say Gay" Panics Aren't About Controlling Public Schools, but Destroying Themby Adam LaatsIn the 1920s, the KKK sought to strengthen and control the public schools as vehicles to teach their version of "100% Americanism"; today's culture warriors hope to undermine trust in schools as a way to defund and privatize them. |
The Imminent Demise of Roe Signals More Christian Nationalist Attacks on Secular Americaby David SehatChristian conservatives are targeting not just abortion or contraception, but the broader idea of a secular American republic. |
Corporate Activism is a Dead Endby Joanna WuestCorporate support for LGBTQ rights cannot substitute for building sexual and gender freedom into a working people's movement for change. |
Midge Decter: An Overlooked Intellectual Forerunner of Trumpismby Ronnie GrinbergBy connecting social turmoil to the decline of traditional family and gender roles even before Roe or the rise of second-wave feminism, Midge Decter created a foundation for the politics of family values. |
Biden's Remarks on Taiwan are Potentially Dangerous Provocation to Chinaby Stephen WertheimIn itself, Biden's statement about defending Taiwan doesn't raise any possibilities that the Chinese military hasn't already considered. But it does threaten the American posture of "strategic ambiguity" that underlies diplomatic discussions. |
Facing the Truth in the Land of Leeby Laura BrodieThe controversy over removing Robert E. Lee's portrait from diplomas at Washington and Lee University points to an uncomfortable truth: Lee's historical depiction as handsome has been a visual symbol of the Lost Cause that has contributed to acceptance of the pro-Confederate mythology. |
The Brief Life and Watery Death of a 1970s Libertarian Utopiaby Raymond CraibThe Republic of Minerva was a product of a postwar moment when the wealthy sought to exit from a society they viewed as overbearing and doomed. |