Governments must be a terror to evildoers if they would be praised to those who do well. It will not do for a government with the knife of treason at its throat, to bear the sword in vain. [Lecture on Haiti, 1893] Frederick Douglass lived the life of a fugitive,
Don't blame woke ideas, which have merit, for the self-defeating style of politics that is pervasive online.
The parts where Butler does what they do best—academic analysis of gender and culture—are excellent, but they sit uneasily alongside an awkward and insistent self-defense.
Douglass elaborated a political theory from his experiences as a slave, where institutions were directed against people like him. He had to become attuned to the differential character of law as it applied to slaves and other outlaws.
What you'll do.
Only one candidate is guaranteed to try to undermine our democracy and our way of life.
The 20th century political theorist has much to offer for the contemporary left liberal.
Powerlessness in the Arab World, thirteen years after the Arab Spring.
The revolution will take place within the modes and orders of American law even as it distorts and transforms that law.
The governor of Arkansas has intentionally demeaned minority communities in a state where their position is already precarious.
Don’t be vain about your vote.
In politics sometimes you’re in government, sometimes you’re in the opposition, and sometimes you’re a dissident.