Melanie Richter-Montpetit (Sussex): Why Torture When Torture Does Not Work? Orientalism, Anti-Blackness and the Persistence of White Terror. From Antipode, a symposium on Race, Space, and Nature. Language killers: Ross Perlin on how economic autonomy is crucial for preserving language diversity. Jonathan Chait on why climate-science denialism should disqualify anyone from holding office. With victory in sight, Alexis Tsipras discusses Europe’s political landscape and the formation of a left government in Greece (and more). Sean Wilentz on how philistinism wrecked The New Republic. Michael Collins on the response to Charlie Hebdo and the imperial hangover in France. Timothy Williamson reviews Empty Ideas: A Critique of Analytic Philosophy by Peter Unger. Preet Bharara goes to war: Ben Smith on the most dangerous man in American politics — “a federal prosecutor who doesn’t give a fuck”. Nicholas Hune-Brown on the monstrous cruelty of a just world: It’s easy to want to believe that everything happens for a reason, but how does that affect the way we treat the people the universe has punished? The ECB takes out the bazooka: It’ll buy over 1 trillion euros of bonds to save Europe’s economy. Danielle Paquette on 8 critical facts about the state of transgender America. Tara Culp-Ressler on “Out of Silence”, the new play that could be the “Vagina Monologues” of abortion. At the current rate, one in three American women will have an abortion by age 45 — these are some of their stories.
