Laughing Through Tears: The Tragicomedy of American Muslim Life by Elisabeth Becker

July 23, 2018 Over the past two decades, American Muslims have been profiled, surveilled and even detained without cause. With the “Muslim Ban” recently upheld by the Supreme Court and significantly heightened levels of discrimination against Muslims following the 2016 election of President Donald Trump, life as an American Muslim is no laughing matter. Except when…

Religion and Populism: A Blind Spot for Social Sciences by Slavica Jakelić

July 9, 2018 The Trump phenomenon has scholars feverishly adding to the already burgeoning literature on populism. Yet, the relationship between populism and religion has not yet garnered the attention it deserves. If only for that reason, the new volume Saving the People: How Populists Hijack Religion, contributes significantly to populism studies and is likely…

Senior Fellow Dr. Liz Bucar for Our Podcast Series The Square

In this edition of The Square, our senior fellow Liz Bucar talks with Jane Little about the sometimes fractious relationship between journalists and scholars, the #MeToo movement inside the academy, and how she’s learning from younger women academics on how to engage in scholarship that shifts the conversation. For more episodes of The Square, featuring E.J. Dionne,…