From The Root, an article on the political decline of the white male. Authoritarian powers who softened their rule to boost growth now face growing political unrest — but lack the old means to contain it. Once the editor of the official Sandinista newspaper, Carlos Fernando Chamorro, the son of Nicaragua’s most prominent independent journalist, is under threat as the country’s leading advocate for press freedom. The introduction to The Democratic Virtues of the Christian Right by Jon A. Shields. Government has a responsibility to restore full employment by making an “unconditional job offer” at a liveable minimum wage to all who want to work. Zoe Slutzky reviews All the Living by C. E. Morgan. A review of From Guns to Gavels: How Justice Grew Up in the Outlaw West by Bill Neal. Is there a clash of civilisations? An interview with Ramin Jahanbegloo. The US needs a Department of Development: Foreign assistance isn’t only a moral gesture, it’s also essential to our national security. A review of Prison: Five Hundred Years of Life Behind Bars by Edward Marston. A review of I Was Wrong: The Meanings of Apologies by Nick Smith. A review of Speaking of Jews: Rabbis, Intellectuals, and the Creation of an American Public Identity by Lila Corwin Berman. A review of Jim Stanford's Economics for Everyone: A Short Guide to the Economics of Capitalism.
