David Marcus
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- Sep 9, 2026
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The Palestine of Soraya Antonius and Annemarie Jacir (opens the original)
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The Palestine of Soraya Antonius and Annemarie Jacir. In The Lord and in Palestine ’36, the story of Mandatory Palestine comes into focus. Perhaps no moment in modern history has been more consequential for Palestine than the period between the two world wars. In the early 1920s, Palestinian peasant farmers, only recently free of the Ottoman Empire, had to continue paying heavy taxes on land, cattle, and property to the British Mandate. The Ottomans had accepted payment in kind, but the British
Do We Need a New Approach to Our Origin Stories? (opens the original)
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An interview with historian Ned Blackhawk on the United States’ contested founding. If the celebration of the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence has demonstrated anything, it would be that the United States remains profoundly divided over how to narrate its origin story. While some triumphantly celebrate it, others point to the country’s long history of exclusions and violence. Then there is a third perspective: Even as the US has failed to keep its promises, they can still be
Boots Riley’s Communist Heist Film (opens the original)
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If I asked you to describe what a communist movie looks like, you might think back to Soviet propaganda posters, to Sergei Eisenstein’s montage theory, to black-and-white movies screened only in film class, to brutalist buildings all bearing the same look, and to a desaturated aesthetic that screams austerity. You might not think of Keke Palmer squatting in a vacant but decked-out chicken restaurant in the San Francisco Bay Area. You might not think of miniature chase scenes, stop-motion sequenc
The Nostalgic Architecture of the Obama Presidential Center (opens the original)
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The nostalgic architecture of the Obama Presidential Center “Hope now has a permanent home,” Obama Foundation CEO and former senior adviser to the president Valerie Jarrett tells an audience of about three dozen reporters in a small auditorium designed for intimate, terraced seating. We are in part of what’s called the Forum, a section of the Obama Presidential Center that is open to the public. Just beyond these walls is a restaurant where one can buy an Obama Burger, and just beyond that is th
What Happened to the American University? (opens the original)
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What happened to the American university? Once the envy of the world, higher education in the United States is now in a state of endless crisis. The American university is in crisis. Neither the public, the students, nor even the faculty believe in a system that was once the envy of the world. The lack of faith in universities is striking. According to Gallup, the portion of Americans who were “confident” in American higher education dropped from 57 percent to 42 percent between 2015 and 2025. M
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