The Roundup Top Ten for June 17, 2022
The Secessionist Roots of January 6by Elizabeth R. Varon"The story of Southern secession provides illuminating evidence that the Jan. 6 insurgency was, indeed, precedented, rooted in long-standing efforts to preempt, delegitimize and suppress Black voting." |
Is the Right Now Post-Religious? If Only!by Jacques BerlinerblauA high-profile op-ed by Nate Hochman obfuscates the continued significance of strains of Christian nationalism to the rising far right and falsely claims this movement is a secular one. |
The Right Celebrated Bernhard Goetz as the Kyle Rittenhouse of the 80sby Pia BeumerIn the context of economic turmoil, urban crisis, and racial division, a broad swath of the American public made Goetz a heroic symbol of restored white masculinity after he shot four Black teens who asked him for money on the New York subway. |
America Runs on Xenophobiaby Erika LeeXenophobia's resilience and revival in America is happening because it helps manage the faults and contradictions of major social institutions including capitalism, democracy, and global leadership. |
The Unity that Follows Tragedy Shouldn't Obscure Buffalo's History of Racismby Keeanga-Yamahtta TaylorThe invented image of a "City of Good Neighbors" has been a rhetorical one-way street in Buffalo, with calls for unity gaining more traction than calls for justice or equality. |
The Dark Underside of the "Family-Like" Businessby Erik BakerThe history of businesses cloaking their labor practices in paternalism is long; the most recent chapter dates back to the spiritual explorations of the 1960s counterculture and the surveillance practices of Henry Ford. |
When Cities Put Up Monuments to Traffic Deathsby Peter NortonRising pedestrian and cyclist deaths in American communities are a call to question the primacy of the automobile and stop accepting roadway carnage. |
Matthew McConaughey Goes Homeby John FeaAs a movie fan, the author has never been moved by the Uvalde, Texas native. But as a Christian, he found the actor's public solidarity with the victims and their families compelling and honest. |
MLK and Today's Global Struggle for Democracyby Randal Maurice Jelks"Thinking about King’s Holt Street speech brings me full circle to contemporary times as I try to understand this most anti-democratic era, one not seen since the 1930s as the clouds of World War II loomed on the horizon." |
Can Law be an Instrument of Black Liberation?by Paul GowderAs activists debate whether the law and courts are a dead end for the pursuit of justice, it's useful to recall Frederick Douglass's conception of the law as a basis for collective demands. |