The Odds May Never Be in Our Favor: Dystopian Film and Radical Political Change Tyler M. Curley Arts & Culture, Government, Politics Yet again, dystopian film is all the rage. This is certainly not the only time in which dystopias have held sway. But never before has the genre been so lucrative. The Maze Runner, The Divergent Series, and...
Othering Violence, Othering People Tyler M. Curley Government, Philosophy, Politics, Society & Culture It seems like almost every day there is an outbreak of violence somewhere in the world—whether it’s a mass shooting in the U.S., a simmering intifada boiling into war between Israelis and Palestinians,...
Economic Crises and the Contradictions of Capital Tyler M. Curley Economics, Politics & Economics When the housing bubble popped in 2008, the effects spread rapidly from the United States throughout the global economic system, leaving mass unemployment, income inequality, and utter devastation in its wake....
Restraining US Government Emergency Powers Tyler M. Curley Government, Society & Culture Contesting the USA Patriot Act Just months after the release of the U.S. Senate report on torture, the precarious balance between national security and civil liberties has made headlines once again. This...
