The Misery that Will Come: Notes on the 2024 US Election By Marcia Pally When you strike a tuning fork, for a moment you hear not only the odd A-note designed for musical instruments but also an atmospheric suspension. The air’s sub-atomic particles, hovering. That was election day 2024, a Read more
A Call for Conversations By Whitney A. Bauman and Kocku von Stuckrad This new year emerges out of a planetary context that is facing many entangled and wicked problems. We continue to see the effects of increasing global temperatures, including more extreme weather events, geological events, and social and psychological Read more
Eroding Democracy By Whitney A. Bauman In the state of Florida, we have what is called “the sunshine law.” This law was initially meant to curtail corruption at the state level government. As a state employee at Florida International University, for instance, under these laws my salary and all salaries Read more
Apocalypse Anymore? By Catherine Keller No doubt the Trump presidency incited my Facing Apocalypse: Climate, Democracy and Other Last Chances. Finishing final revisions only weeks after the 2020 U.S. election, I was relieved as I went through it to realize how little of it was about him. He remains a Read more
Facing Apocalypse: Climate, Democracy, and Other Last Chances A Discussion of Catherine Keller’s New Book Please join Counterpoint for an online discussion of Catherine Keller’s new book, Facing Apocalypse: Climate, Democracy, and Other Last Chances (Orbis Books 2021) Date: 11 May 2021 Time: 11:00-12:30 EST / 17:00-18:30 CET Drawing on Read more
Point / Counterpoint: A Debate about Islamophobia, Christophobia, and Religious Freedom This week, we publish another example of “Point / Counterpoint” discussions on the Blog. Klemens Ludwig starts with his take on Islamophobia and Christophobia; Rachel Woodlock then responds to his claims from her point of view. Point: Islamophobia? Christophobia? Read more
Spotting Democracy’s Disruption in a Pandemic By J.D. Mechelke In a pandemic, our attention should be on stopping spread, sickness, and death. But there are less obvious places our attention should be. A state of chaos and exception like this pandemic is dry brush for autocratic fires. Pay attention to Read more
Uncoupling Democracy’s Forms from their Purposes: A Crisis for Governance and a Boon for Populism by Marcia Pally I’m still pondering this bit of data: Americans who, under the proposed Republican replacement for Obamacare (Obama’s healthcare program), would have lost $1000 in government subsidies voted for Trump by 7 Read more