Commentary:
In Defense of an Open Society
The New York Times celebrated a new year by updating its archive of the people, places, and things insulted by President Trump on Twitter. High on that list was...
Government #ShutDown and Stasis
American public discourse has worked itself into knots again. Amid the recent government shutdown and deliberation over President Trump’s wall, we seem to have ...
Critics Chat: The Propaganda and Persuasion of the Mueller Investigation
With the gaveling in of the 116th United States Congress, Citizen Critics reflects on recent developments of the Mueller investigation. This broad-spectrum disc...
Rehabilitation and Corrections in the Era of Mass Incarceration
A Chat with Citizen Critic Dr. Rita Shah about The Meaning of Rehabilitation and Its Impact on Parole: There and Back Again in California
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The Americans with Disabilities Act and the Language of ‘Potential’
The funeral of former President George H.W. Bush has prompted journalists to assess the legacy of one of his most important legislative achievements, the Americ...
Disrupting the Trump Monologue
Two weeks before Christmas, news audiences were treated to a rare spectacle in the Oval Office: a bickering debate between President Trump and the Democratic le...
Is a Cake Just a Cake? A Lesson in Semiotics
Remember the Christian baker whose refusal to create a custom cake for a gay wedding was upheld last June by the Supreme Court? Jack Phillips and his Masterpiec...
Why Old Tactics Can’t Combat the Alt-Right
On November 18, the Washington Post detailed the satirical resistance strategies of Christopher Blair against the far right. Blair runs America’s Last Line of D...
Contesting the ‘Anchor Baby’ Narrative
When President Donald Trump announced his plans to end automatic birthright citizenship for the children of undocumented migrants on October 30, social media li...
The Complexity of Claiming Native American Identity
What do Blake Lively, Johnny Depp, Justin Bieber, and Bill Clinton have in common? They all have claimed Native American ancestry. Of the four, Bieber is the on...