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In the Name of Sensitivity
Whitewashing Art, and History
Richard Thompson Ford

Officials in San Francisco have set their sights on destroying a set of 1930s-era murals tackling the legacy of slavery and the Native American genocide. Why? The themes are too upsetting.

 Published: 2019-05-21 16:20:04
 
Prevention & Adaptation
Bet on Climate Change, Not the Green New Deal
Michael Mandelbaum

Climate change is a real and serious threat. How to tackle it, however, is far from obvious.

 Published: 2019-05-20 11:52:18
 
Solidarity Needed
Sudan on the Cusp of Democratic Change
Larry Diamond, Anne Pence, & Mohamed Abubakr

The West has to remember that what happens in the coming days and weeks could shape the political future of its 40 million people for years to come.

 Published: 2019-05-17 11:26:25
 
The Urban/Rural Divide
Ideas in Search of Authors
Adam Garfinkle

How some of the most interesting ideas an editor has never make it into print.

 Published: 2019-05-13 13:18:50
 
Overlapping Dissensus
The Holy Roman Union
Dalibor Rohac

The EU shares a number of characteristics with the Holy Roman Empire: overlapping sources of political authority with sometimes universal claims, and multiple and fuzzy political loyalties.

 Published: 2019-05-07 14:01:34
 
Cultural Recovery
Zelensky, the Post-Soviet Man
Peter Pomerantsev

Part of Zelensky’s appeal is that he offers a way for people who still feel close to Soviet and Russian pop culture to become politically European.

 Published: 2019-05-06 11:30:14
 
Anti-Semitism in America
Why It Won’t Happen Here
Josef Joffe

Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar are not the harbingers of anti-Semitism, Made in U.S.A. The Jewish-American love affair is neither fleeting nor one-sided. It is rooted in the American creed—since 1654.

 Published: 2019-04-30 11:27:30
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Jewcentricity Redux
Ilhan Omar and the Jews

Knowingly or not, Ilhan Omar is acting like a designated provocateur, playing her role in a shrewd effort to seize control of the Democratic Party. But her rhetoric has deep roots in American politics.

 Published: Mar 08, 2019
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The Tourists’ Puzzlement

How did a statue of Andrew Jackson end up at the center of Lafayette Park? There is an answer, but a story goes with it.

 Published: Jan 14, 2019
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2019 Predictions

Another year, another round of prognostication. TAI editors speculate about what 2019 has in store.

Published: Jan 04, 2019
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