By Malcolm Gladwell In Tom Tyler’s work on procedural justice, he makes a crucial—if sometimes overlooked—point. Most people are more sensitive to the form of law enforcement than the content. That is, we are perfectly willingly to accept sanctions of… Continue Reading
By Sahar Ishtiaque Ullah If I should disappear Please let my loved ones know I did wudu before I left the house I read my wird, too And I wore a little eyeliner and lip-gloss For the interview I never made… Continue Reading
By Laleh Khalili I completed the first draft of the manuscript for Time in the Shadows in January 2011, just as the convulsions of the Arab “intifada” of 2011 started moving east from Tunisia. I remember vertiginous moments of joy,… Continue Reading
By Massimiliano Tomba On the centenary of the Paris Commune, Pierre Sorlin published an article in the Journal “Études” in which he itemized the new tasks for the historiography of the Commune.[1] Sorlin invited historians to stick to its essential importance.… Continue Reading
By Bernard E. Harcourt As we celebrate the gold anniversary of May ’68, there is one lasting legacy, and it may well come as a surprise: Our government has become Maoist. Since 9/11, and even more since Donald Trump’s election,… Continue Reading