Brexit

There is a new blog entry entitled, “Sound and fury on Brexit.”

Jessica Elgot, “Bercow will ‘fight’ to stop Johnson closing
parliament for no deal,” Guardian, August 13, 2019, https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/aug/13/bercow-will-fight-to-stop-johnson-closing-parliament-for-no-deal

Rowena Mason and Jessica Elgot, “No-deal Brexit would be a betrayal, says Philip Hammond,” Guardian, August 14, 2019, https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/aug/13/no-deal-brexit-would-be-a-betrayal-says-philip-hammond


Ethnic Studies

There is a second new blog post entitled, “Three cheers for Ethnic Studies. Now comes the hard part.

Howard Blume and Nina Agrawal, “Ethnic studies may soon be mandatory. Can California get it right?” Los Angeles Times, August 13, 2019, https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2019-08-12/california-ethnic-studies-curriculum

Steven Johnson, “Ethnic-Studies Scholars Hoped Their Curriculum Would Break Boundaries. Critics Are Calling It Propaganda,” Chronicle of Higher Education, August 13, 2019, https://www.chronicle.com/article/Ethnic-Studies-Scholars-Hoped/246949


Migration

Meagan Flynn, “‘Clearly, he did not take part in our curriculum’: Historians bash Ken Cuccinelli’s revised Statue of Liberty poem,” Washington Post, August 14, 2019, https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/08/14/ken-cuccinelli-statue-liberty-poor/


Recession

There is a third new blog entry entitled, “As a possible or probable recession looms, neoliberalism evades challenge. Yet again.

Damian Paletta, Thomas Heath, and Taylor Telford, “Stocks tank as another recession warning surfaces,” Washington Post, August 14, 2019, https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/08/14/stocks-tank-another-recession-warning-surfaces/