Claudio Michelon (Edinburgh): What Has Private Law Ever Done for Justice? Arturas Rozenas (NYU): A Theory of Demographically Targeted Repression. India ranked “the most dangerous country in the world” for women, U.S. breaks top 10. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez demonstrated the power of young women in politics. Give the Left a chance: What Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s stunning primary victory means for the 2018 midterms and beyond (and more). Every culture appropriates: The question is less whether a dress or an idea is borrowed, than the uses to which it’s then put. “The relationship between population and consumption is not straightforward”: Andrew Anthony interviews Charles C Mann, author of The Wizard and the Prophet: Two Remarkable Scientists and Their Dueling Visions to Shape Tomorrow’s World.
Traditional media is not equipped to handle Trumpism. Talia Lavin on the moral case for incivility. Sarah Leonard is against civility: You can’t fight injustice with decorum. Christopher Ingraham on the case against civility, in five charts. Thread: “There needs to be an honest conversation about asymmetric expectations of civility”. Alexandra Petri on some rules of civility for the Trump era.
