American Politics Archives - Public Books https://www.publicbooks.org/tag/american-politics/ a magazine of ideas, arts, and scholarship Sat, 17 Jan 2026 02:16:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.publicbooks.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/cropped-favicon-2-300x300.png American Politics Archives - Public Books https://www.publicbooks.org/tag/american-politics/ 32 32 The Weapon of Child Separation https://www.publicbooks.org/the-weapon-of-child-separation/ Thu, 24 Oct 2024 15:00:10 +0000 https://www.publicbooks.org/?p=57909 In “Until I Find You,” historian Rachel Nolan carefully navigates the omissions and fabrications in the documentary record associated with adoptions of children in Guatemala.

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]]> Fighting Discrimination and Sexual Violence in Women’s Prisons https://www.publicbooks.org/fighting-discrimination-and-sexual-violence-in-womens-prisons/ Thu, 15 Aug 2024 15:00:27 +0000 https://www.publicbooks.org/?p=57026 Even at the low-security prison that held actresses Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin, sexual violence against imprisoned women is rampant.

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]]> Fatal Chase: Cops and the Illusion of Control https://www.publicbooks.org/fatal-chase-cops-and-the-illusion-of-control/ Wed, 14 Aug 2024 15:00:08 +0000 https://www.publicbooks.org/?p=56914 Police chases place ordinary citizens in grave danger. No amount of training or increasingly strict department policies will change that.

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]]> “This Is Not for the Policy People”: Ninaj Raoul on Making Change for Migrant Lives https://www.publicbooks.org/this-is-not-for-the-policy-people-ninaj-raoul-on-making-change-for-migrant-lives/ Fri, 31 May 2024 15:00:34 +0000 https://www.publicbooks.org/?p=56502 “I’d never imagine that in 2024 we would have tents of refugees in Brooklyn. … We’ve totally gone backward.”

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]]> The Border Patrol and Asylum Exclusion https://www.publicbooks.org/the-border-patrol-and-asylum-exclusion/ Thu, 30 May 2024 15:00:09 +0000 https://www.publicbooks.org/?p=56319 Border Patrol has regularly abused its authority and mistreated immigrants and asylum seekers in countless ways. Yet its role as the frontline force in asylum exclusion has only grown.

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]]> The Border Is the Crisis: Reflections on the Centenary of the Immigration Act of 1924 https://www.publicbooks.org/the-border-is-the-crisis-reflections-on-the-centenary-of-the-immigration-act-of-1924/ Mon, 27 May 2024 15:00:48 +0000 https://www.publicbooks.org/?p=56365 One hundred years have passed since the passage of the Johnson-Reed Act and the creation of the Border Patrol. But the undercurrents that mobilized both never went away and are resurging with renewed fervor.

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]]> “A Theory of America”: Mythmaking with Richard Slotkin https://www.publicbooks.org/a-theory-of-america-mythmaking-with-richard-slotkin/ Fri, 19 Apr 2024 15:00:09 +0000 https://www.publicbooks.org/?p=55852 "I was always working on a theory of America."

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]]> When NYC Invented Modern Policing: Emily Brooks on WWII–Era Surveillance and Discrimination https://www.publicbooks.org/when-nyc-invented-modern-policing-emily-brooks-on-wwii-era-surveillance-and-discrimination/ Tue, 02 Apr 2024 15:00:24 +0000 https://www.publicbooks.org/?p=55731 “I often think how much better off we would be if there were more free recreational activities for youth that were not nested under the carceral sphere.”

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]]> “Dignity Matters as Much as Material Needs”: Michèle Lamont on Recognition Claims and Understanding American Politics https://www.publicbooks.org/dignity-matters-as-much-as-material-needs-michele-lamont-on-recognition-claims-and-understanding-american-politics/ Tue, 12 Sep 2023 15:00:48 +0000 https://www.publicbooks.org/?p=53450 “To recognize the existence of injuries requires the recognition of others and their dignity.”

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]]> What the 1990s Did to America https://www.publicbooks.org/what-the-1990s-did-to-america/ Wed, 17 May 2023 15:00:20 +0000 https://www.publicbooks.org/?p=52301 The 1990s are usually seen as a moment of tranquility. Cold War won, business booming, history at an end. Nothing could be further from the truth.

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