Amy Dru Stanley

1 month ago | dissentmagazine.org | Amy Dru Stanley |Jonathan M. Katz |Wendy Brown |Turkuler Isiksel

Freedom for Sale The government funds institutions that stretch across American society. The Trump administration is demanding the relinquishment of constitutional rights to keep the money flowing. ▪ April 22, 2025 At a time when the Red Scare remained a palpable memory, a law professor named Charles Reich warned of government’s arbitrary power to withdraw the wealth it poured into institutions as diverse as universities, corporations, and welfare programs.

Jul 22, 2024 | daily.jstor.org | Livia Gershon |Amy Dru Stanley

The icon indicates free access to the linked research on JSTOR. In the Meiji era, Japanese elites worked to align the nation with “modern” ideas and norms, generally sourced from Europe and the United States. To many, this naturally meant supporting monogamy and delegitimizing sex work including the geisha tradition. But, as historian Amy Stanley writes, geisha and their employers attempted to harness modernism to their own advantage.

May 30, 2024 | dissentmagazine.org | Nelson Lichtenstein |Daniel Boguslaw |Samuel R. Bagenstos |Amy Dru Stanley

The Labor Intellectuals The new militancy coursing through the labor movement has revealed the growth of a more expansive and democratic union culture. ▪ Spring 2024 After visiting the United Auto Workers convention in Atlantic City in 1947, C.