Neda Atanasoski (UC-Santa Cruz) and Kalindi Vora (UC-San Diego): Surrogate Humanity: Posthuman Networks and the (Racialized) Obsolescence of Labor. U.S. owes black people reparations for a history of “racial terrorism”, says U.N. panel. Ria Misra on how Elon Musk plans to go to Mars (and more). It’s finally possible to understand what happened to Amanda Knox. What is blockchain, and why is it growing in popularity? Bitcoin was the start. When we loved Mussolini: Adam Tooze reviews The United States and Fascist Italy: The Rise of American Finance in Europe by Gian Giacomo Migone. Big league trouble: Trump faces new questions about his charity finances. The first chapter from Investigating the President: Congressional Checks on Presidential Power by Douglas L. Kriner and Eric Schickler. Politico 50: A guide to the thinkers, doers and visionaries transforming American politics in 2016.
Bim Adewunmi on how the presidential debate is a horse show for undecided voters. Susan Dominus on the reverse-gaslighting of Donald Trump. The first debate featured an unprepared man repeatedly shouting over a highly prepared woman. Actually, Hillary Clinton beat Donald Trump at his own game: mansplaining. The presidential debate will be shown in gender studies classes for years to come. Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump made Alicia Machado the new Khizr Khan. Hillary Clinton won the first debate by every metric. The first debate proved what we knew: Trump is a monster.
