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AMANDA TAUB
Posts
Israeli Crisis Shows How Protests Can, and Can’t, Force Change
What does it take for a mass movement to translate public anger into political results? Leverage.
What I’m Reading: The Rise of Fascism Edition
A comic novel from the 1930s opens a window on days when what would become a dangerous political movement was seen as a silly hobby.
The I.C.C.’s Arrest Warrant for Putin is More Than ‘Just Symbolic’
A different way to think about justice & accountability
Interpreting the Week’s Most Important Stories
The larger themes behind the protests in Israel, the U.K.’s tough new immigration plan and a fight over U.S. labor unions.
On International Women’s Day, Avoiding the Patriarchy Trap
Happy International Women’s Day to those who celebrate.
The Sordid Secrets of Cities
Machine politics, corruption and violence.
Why Brexit’s immigration politics have fizzled out
Did the Northern Ireland trade deal end Brexit politics with a whimper?
What I’m Watching, Weimar Noir Edition
“Babylon Berlin” is the TV show I can’t stop thinking about.
Nicola Sturgeon Resignation Hints at Shifting Norms for Women
In announcing her plans to leave office, Nicola Sturgeon spoke to Scots about the personal toll being in politics can take.
What Statistics Can’t Capture About the Global Baby Bust
Falling fertility has been hard to reverse, despite so many governments’ best efforts, because it’s not one thing, it’s everything.