What Is Policing For?
In the weeks since police officers killed George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, mass uprisings—and a violent, uncompromising response from police departments across the country—have...
Doctors Need to Step Back from the Movement to Defund the Police
On June 6, 2020, protesters in Dallas, Texas, rally against police violence. (by Matthew T Rader, MatthewTRader.com, License CC-BY-SA)
Since the end of May, scholars, doctors, and...
Don’t Stand With Me
The global fury unleashed against police brutality and anti-Black racism in the United States continues unabated. As poet Gil Scott-Heron once said, “America is...
After The Pandemic
As author of this piece and incoming editor-in-chief of the APA Blog, I regret the significant pain this piece caused, and especially the former...
The Lives that Matter in the Prevailing Social Order
George Floyd’s murder at the hands of the Minneapolis Police Department has ignited nationwide protests against police violence. Within these protests, the movement for...
Crisis, COVID-19, and Democracy
Although the COVID-19 pandemic and the climate crisis are both provoked by natural phenomena, the dangers they present are political. The size, scope, and...
The Problem of Protesting at People’s Homes
Protesters have targeted the private homes of public officials. This is dangerous and misguided. It risks violence and misunderstands political power and political protest.
In...
Coronavirus and Re-enchanting Nature
Ancient Thebes, Greece: An epidemic disease is ravaging the city. Its king, Oedipus, has sent his brother Creon to the oracle of Delphi in...
Coronavirus Is Everyone’s Problem, But Not Everyone’s Problem to Solve
In response to the COVID-19 crisis, we are all told that we have duties to maintain social distance, remain at home, and so on....
Thinking Our Way Through Coronavirus: Hannah Arendt’s Insights for Dark Times
The novel coronavirus has managed to spread to all corners of the globe, altering our ways of life profoundly, bringing sickness and death everywhere...