Society & Culture

by Maya Weeks In the wake of the election, I have been thinking extensively and without desiring to about the men who wish us dead. I have been thinking about the men who made today’s petroleum industry...

Note from the author: This post is in response to this incredible blog post written by my dear comrade in chocolate appreciation and New Institutional Economics, Rachel. I have written this post at the most...

The world is run by systems that overlap conflict and adapt to social needs over time. In dealing with the uncertainty and risk of the human condition, people seek to “control” that uncertainty (though...

Zombies helped Trump get elected. Zombies? That's right. "It's Official: the Walking Dead Helped Elect Trump," proclaims The Guardian's Peter Bradshaw. And no, I'm not talking massive undead voter...

by Bhavna Shamasunder and Janette Robinson Flint This year at Nappy Wood, a hair expo for Black women, Black Women for Wellness hosted a table to talk with women about their hair stories and give women and...

Weltanschauung Publishing, Inc. 11 High Road Way New York, New York 10001   Dear Mr. Adler: Thank you for your query letter and accompanying synopsis of your political novel–The Thumping of ...

“I have moved in the world as a woman and a man. I never realized the absence of fear, and the feeling of invulnerability until I lived as a man.” These were activist Max Beck’s parting words to my...