Getting the Insight Out
An article by Anyue Zhang that interprets the battle over immigration through the lens of political theorist Ernesto Laclau. By understanding political struggles as hegemonic operations—efforts to fix the meaning of an idea itself—we can become more conscious of what really unites a movement, and in turn, what delineates it from others.
On the Nur movement in Post-Ottoman Turkey and its representation of a lesser-known nuance of Islamic political activism in the modern Middle East.
This article interrogates the concept of meritocracy through its etymological evolution from dystopic prophecy to political buzzword. Mainstream iterations of meritocracy and the so-called “merit principle” assume its moral goodness, yet the term(s) are far more complicated than they are traditionally represented. This article argues against Pierre Polievre’s assertion that DEI has somehow displaced the Canadian merit principle by nuancing meritocracy and problematizing the implied claim that Canada has a history of fair opportunity. (A companion piece to last month’s analysis of ‘DEI-bureaucracy’ and its practical implementation in Canada).
An article that explores Hannah Arendt’s understanding of revolution and politics, suggesting that her theories should be reconsidered in light of the unique urgency of social issues in democracies today.
An article examining how, in the
digital age, media ownership is now concentrated within
a circle of tech conglomerates, whose digital surveillance
interests have become inextricably tied to American
state power-
this relationship has created a world in
which the political agency of the voter has been eroded.
The American court system, given the duty to interpret and elaborate upon the intent of the Constitution and its founders, is implicated as a tool of both revolutionary change and status quo-entrenchment. In Necropolitics, Achille Mbembe explains how governing institutions bend to the perspectives, emotions, and fears of the white populace to affirm democracy—and what must be done for a brighter future. Necropolitical analysis privileges Barnes v. Felix (2025) as a possible moment of reprieve, where the oft-suppressed narrative value of Black life is brought into the legal conversation, fostering potential for more equitable race relations in a divided America.
On January 7 2026, Americans across the country had digital front-row seats to the fatal shooting of Minneapolis resident Renée Good by ICE officer Johnathan Ross. Neighbors captured several angles More
Advocates of the digital era have promised that this development would set us free: from boredom, from work, from isolation, and from ignorance. Instead, in the age of big data, More
The current military industrial complex is defined by the rapidly developing technological innovations of the last two decades–namely artificial intelligence, systems, and their extension into algorithmic warfare. This article examines how the Israeli-American network of surveillance instrumentalizes Palestinians as data sources and test subjects to further the innovation of algorithmic warfare and solidify the Israeli war economy.
When does publicized justice become theatre? And how does that perpetuate the occurrence of atrocities? This article explores the considerations and limits to justice when it comes to punishing dictators for crimes against humanity.