My Brooklyn apartment is designed for sterility. The windows have screens to keep out bugs; I chose my indoor plants specifically because they don’t attract pests. While commuting…
Read more A Life Without Nature Is a Lonely OneFor more than half a century, I have been studying the shifting relations between white and Black Americans. My first journal article, published in 1972, when I was…
Read more Black Success, White BacklashThe commercial success of the country star Jason Aldean’s ode to small-town vigilantism helps explain the persistence of Donald Trump’s grip on red America. Aldean’s combative new song,…
Read more How Jason Aldean Explains Donald Trump (And Vice Versa)Most likely, the person’s skin color will change. An ashy tone might creep in, or they could turn a shade of blue. If too much fluid pools in…
Read more Do Overdoses Look Different Now?Senator Raphael Warnock’s win in yesterday’s Georgia Senate runoff capped a commanding show of strength by Democrats in the states that decided the 2020 race for the White…
Read more What the Georgia Runoff RevealedThe role of extremist white nationalists in the GOP may be approaching an inflection point. The backlash against former President Donald Trump’s meeting with Nick Fuentes, an avowed…
Read more The GOP Can’t Hide From Extremism
