Jedediah Britton-Purdy Journalist Profile

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James C. Scott: un izquierdista omnívoro

3 weeks ago | nuso.org | Jake Scott |Mariano Schuster |Jedediah Britton-Purdy |Iván Suasnábar

Cuando en julio de 2024 murió James C. Scott, a la edad de 87 años, los homenajes al académicos provinieron de una desconcertante diversidad de orígenes. Como integrantes de un clan conflictivo que se apresuran a acudir a la finca familiar tras la muerte del pater familias, los dolientes formaban una multitud inusual de personas rara vez vistas en una misma sala.
In ‘The Road to Wisdom,’ Francis S. Collins on truth, science, faith and trust

Oct 5, 2024 | washingtonpost.com | Jedediah Britton-Purdy

(Little Brown)Review by Jedediah Britton-PurdyOctober 5, 2024 at 9:30 a.m. EDTLike many people, Francis S. Collins thinks America is in a bad way. He is upset by our widespread mistrust of science and institutions and our clannish hostility toward one another. Collins is not just another distressed commentator.
Opinion | Harris Can Win on the Economy, but She Needs a Stronger Message - The New York Times

Sep 12, 2024 | nytimes.com | Jedediah Britton-Purdy

Optimistic words and some admirable proposals aren’t enough to overcome the discontent and anger that a large majority of Americans feel about the economy.
Can the Constitution Save Us?

Jul 2, 2024 | thenation.com | Jedediah Britton-Purdy

Thank you for reading The NationWe hope you enjoyed the story you just read, just one of the many incisive, deeply-reported articles we publish daily. Now more than ever, we need fearless journalism that shifts the needle on important issues, uncovers malfeasance and corruption, and uplifts voices and perspectives that often go unheard in mainstream media.
A lack of trust, why Biden isn’t serious and ‘white privilege’ fatigue

Jan 12, 2024 | tampabay.com | Jim Verhulst |Jedediah Britton-Purdy |Katie Francis |Magdalena Rojas

We live in a partisan age, and our news habits can reinforce our own perspectives. Consider this an effort to broaden our collective outlook with essays beyond the range of our typical selections. FROM THE LEFTFrom “We’ve Been Thinking About America’s Trust Collapse All Wrong,” by Jedediah Britton-Purdy in The Atlantic at tinyurl.com/xyk86rc3. The context, from the author: Trust isn’t something that emerges naturally from a well-functioning society; people have to build it through hard work.
We’ve Been Thinking About America’s Trust Collapse All Wrong

Jan 8, 2024 | msn.com | Jedediah Britton-Purdy
We've Been Thinking About America's Trust Collapse All Wrong

Jan 8, 2024 | theatlantic.com | Jedediah Britton-Purdy

Americans don’t trust one another, and they don’t trust the government. This mistrust is so pervasive that it can feel natural, but it isn’t. Profound distrust has risen within my lifetime; it is intensifying, and it threatens to make democracy impossible. Many readers will say, “Of course I don’t trust the candidate who tried to steal the last election, or the party that supports him!” And they would be right to do so.
Cold War Liberalism Returns

Sep 5, 2023 | dissentmagazine.org | Patrick Iber |Jedediah Britton-Purdy |Daniel Bessner |Samuel Moyn

Cold War Liberalism Returns A left that is ambivalent about liberalism can still seek to engage it. &squarf; Fall 2023 Liberalism in Dark Times: The Liberal Ethos in the Twentieth Centuryby Joshua L. ChernissPrinceton University Press, 2021, 328 pp. Liberalism against Itself: Cold War Intellectuals and the Making of Our Timesby Samuel MoynYale University Press, 2023, 240 pp.
Opinion | The Courts Should Be More Political, Not Less

May 17, 2023 | nytimes.com | Jedediah Britton-Purdy

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