Alex Sayf Cummings's Blog, page 8

LANDLOCKED

Adrián Félix recounts the faces and voices of a journey back home to Zacatecas, via the world's worst airport.

Free Brittney!

Griner’s incarceration is an attempt by the Russian government to embarrass the United States

Rape in Ukraine: Sexual Violence as a Weapon of War

Though these assaults are not unique to the Russian military, it is very much rooted in a longer history of Russian sexual violence as a tool of war.

Watergate Noir: When Cain Met Broder Met Agnew

Noir writer James M. Cain was no stranger to intrigue. His book Double Indemnity served as the source […]

In Frankfort, a New Bid to Challenge the Left Emerges to the Sound of Kentucky Bluegrass

A vanguard of right-leaning intellectuals gathered in March to found the so-called Frankfort School.

Daniel Schorr and Nixon’s Tricky Road to Redemption

Nixon long portrayed himself as a victim of the press. However, from the 1952 Checkers speech to his post-presidency PR offensives, Nixon proved himself an able manipulator of the media.

What About Becky? Gender Inequity and Exclusion in Men’s Professional Sports

The year 2021 ended with some sporting news.  Or, it would seem like news, yet it sounded old.  […]

The ‘Eat the Mouth That Feeds You’ Mixtape

To borrow from our millennial friends, it is very on brand for the Tropics of Meta crew—composed mainly of Gen X Nirvana-loving kids who eat hot Cheetos and drink cold beer—to drop new books in a global pandemic.

Archbishop Desmond Tutu: Radical Leadership Structured through Love and Care

I pulled into the garage, took off my helmet, and stepped into the kitchen. Then I was greeted by the enormous smiles and warmth of Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Mrs. Nomalizo Leah Tutu.

Decolonizing Dune: Reimagining MENA and the Muslim World

Frank Herbert's novel and Denis Villeneuve's film borrow from Middle Eastern cultures, but what does that really mean?