Weekend Readings - Politics and Society

Social Unrest Is the Inevitable Legacy of the Covid Pandemic
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-11-14/2020-s-covid-protests-are-a-sign-of-the-social-unrest-to-come

The Next Decade Could Be Even Worse
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/12/can-history-predict-future/616993/

Anne Applebaum wrote the book on why people choose to collaborate with authoritarian regimes. So what does she think of the GOP?
https://www.vox.com/21562116/anne-applebaum-twilight-of-democracy-gop-trump-election-fraud-2020-biden-the-ezra-klein-show

The Danger Posed by Ideological Bubbles
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/11/substack-and-medias-groupthink-problem/617102/
 

Charles Koch Says His Partisanship Was a Mistake
https://www.wsj.com/articles/charles-koch-says-his-partisanship-was-a-mistake-11605286893
Charles Koch regrets his partisanship
https://thehill.com/homenews/news/525878-charles-koch-regrets-his-partisanship-boy-did-we-screw-up

 
I’m Not Yet Ready to Abandon the Possibility of America by Barack Obama
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/11/barack-obama-i-still-believe-america/617073/

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie on Barack Obama’s ‘A Promised Land’
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/12/books/review/barack-obama-a-promised-land.html

The Long-Term Damage of Trump’s Antidemocratic Lies

https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/the-long-term-damage-of-trumps-antidemocratic-lies

Padma Lakshmi: Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris Moved Me to Tears
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/13/opinion/padma-lakshmi-kamala-harris.html