Profiting Off Pain: The Corrupt Architecture of Privatized Immigration Detention
The immigration detention apparatus in the United States has ballooned to unprecedented proportions. With tens of thousands[…]
The Weight of History and the Illusion of Innocence: An Analysis of the 1965 Baldwin-Buckley Debate
On the evening of February 18, 1965, the Cambridge Union Society hosted a debate that would echo[…]
Bob Dylan’s “With God on Our Side”
Released in 1964 on the album The Times They Are a-Changin’, Bob Dylan’s “With God on Our Side” is one[…]
Bob Dylan’s “Hurricane”
Released in 1975, “Hurricane” is one of Bob Dylan’s most visceral protest songs—a cinematic, eight-minute “j’accuse” against the American[…]
James Baldwin’s “The Fire Next Time”
Originally published in 1963, “The Fire Next Time” is a landmark work of American literature that remains hauntingly relevant.[…]