A prolific writer and researcher for seven decades, Miller’s greatest talent was putting that knowledge to work on behalf of activist groups in the United States and around the world.
Dissent
An Open Letter in Defense of Democracy
The future of democracy in the United States is in danger.
The Ivory Tower Is Dead: An Interview with Davarian L. Baldwin
A discussion on the rise of the “UniverCity.”
The Fearlessness of Passing
Rebecca Hall’s adaptation of Nella Larsen’s 1929 novel continues the author’s exploration of the suffocating strictures of the color line.
Is This a Strike Wave?
We sorely need one, but that first requires the unionization of millions of new workers.
Know Your Enemy: The American Right’s Hungary Hearts, with Lauren Stokes and John Ganz
Historian Lauren Stokes and writer John Ganz unpack the American right’s ongoing embrace of Viktor Orbán’s Hungary.
Belabored: Can the United Auto Workers Be Democratized? With Justin Mayhugh
For decades, the United Auto Workers has been controlled by a tight-knit group of insiders. Now members are voting in a historic referendum on how the union elects its central leadership.
The Problem with “Conflict Minerals”
In the early 2000s, activists began to campaign against the extraction of “conflict minerals.” Today, violence continues unabated in eastern Congo, underscoring the misguided frameworks governing transnational intervention.
The New Black Internationalism
The Movement for Black Lives has developed an incipient internationalist language and vision, with the potential to remap America’s place in the world.
Deadly Games
In the spectacularly violent world of Squid Game, exploitation and brutality are built on the illusion of choice.
Know Your Enemy: God, Death, and the Pandemic
Sarah Jones discusses her recent essay, “An Atheist Reconsiders God in the Pandemic.”
Escape from Adjunct Hell
Academia once seemed to provide an escape from capitalism. Two new novels question the very concept of refuge itself.