Samhälle & Politik

A seasoned foreign correspondent shows how the UN privileges its own neutrality and interests above its founding mission of protecting humanity, with predictably tragic …

An accessible exploration of U.S.–Latin American relations. from the colonial period to the present day  “‘Our Hemisphere’? is a balanced and nuanced portrayal of the history of …

An illuminating investigation into a class of enterprising women aspiring to “make it” in the social media economy but often finding only unpaid work Profound transformations in …

"Kiss the children and sister Minnie for me. And tell her whatever she does, never to marry a traveling man, they are the most unhappy men on earth."—E. Barton Martin to his wife, …

This diary by the famed twentieth-century Russian writer recounts Babel’s experiences with the Cossack cavalry during the Polish-Soviet war of 1919–1920. The basis for Red Cavalry, …

How America’s prisons turned a “brutal and inhumane” practice into standard procedure Originally meant to be brief and exceptional, solitary confinement in U.S. prisons has become …

A selection of influential articles from a prestigious magazine celebrating its fiftieth anniversaryDissent was founded in 1954 by intellectuals angered by the rightward drift of …

A practical, bipartisan call to action from the world’s leading thinkers on the environment and sustainability   Sustainability has emerged as a global priority in the past decade. …

An urgent account of the state of our oceans today—and what we must do to protect them  “Provides a persuasive guide to recovery, and is an inspiring and invigorating read.”—Phoebe …

In this ambitious reinterpretation of the early Stuart period in England, Glenn Burgess contends that the common understanding of seventeenth-century English politics is …