[insert state], Goddam: Black struggle, Black freedom, Black futures
Since Republican Senator Tim Scott’s remarks on Wed April 28 (following President Biden’s address to Congress) the question, “Is America a racist nation?” has...
Academic Boycott: A Qualified Defense
Recent decades have seen the open letter and the call to boycott installed as regular fixtures of academic life. Each passing quarter (or so)...
Immigration, Samaritan Duties, and Future Generations
One reason that immigrants relocate to new countries is because they want their children, grandchildren, and so on, to lead better lives than they...
Go the F**k to Sleep? A Feminist Philosopher Reads Advice to Parents
The genre of parenting advice books that focus on children’s sleep might seem like a strange archive for a feminist philosopher. Like many of...
Is Effective Altruism Inherently Utilitarian?
If you find this tweet to be as pointed as I do, Effective Altruism may be for you.
Effective Altruism is a social movement whose...
Being an Ally Online
Last year, when particularities of my living situation prevented me from heading out to protest against anti-Black racism, I was struggling to best manifest...
Extraversion, Happiness, and the Pandemic
Psychologists have long known that personality is a key determinant of happiness—probably second only to health, and similar in magnitude to socioeconomic status (DeNeve...
White Philosophers and the White Problem
In 2017, the year of the deadly Charlottesville “Unite the Right Rally,” like many philosophers who write and teach about whiteness, I was threatened,...
Growing into a Public Philosophy Program
It’s often the case that public philosophy is distinguished from academic philosophy in terms of its goals, venues, and participants. Public philosophy is meant...
Individual Responsibility and the Structural Harm of Climate Change
The world needs to rapidly phase-out its reliance on fossil fuels. Although there are many policies aimed at creating greener infrastructure, arguably no country...