Coup of What
Did the January 6 attack on the Capitol Building really attempt to overthrow democracy?
Understanding Accountability: The Case of Police Brutality
Cynthia Kaufmann presents a theory of accountability with reference to police brutality
by Brandon Absher3 years ago
On “Wealth” and Whiteness
Why Trump remains the richest (read “whitest”) man in America
by Grant J Silva3 years ago
Consuming Brutality
Lessons from the Narcosphere
by Carlos Alberto Sanchez3 years ago
Counting All Political Prisoners
A proposal to revise our notion of who is a “political prisoner” in the age of mass incarceration
by Joseph Dole3 years ago
A Plea for Realism
The Case for Revolution in a Time of Rapid Climate Change
by Brandon Absher4 years ago
“I never owned any slaves”
Who owes reparations?
by Richard Schmitt4 years ago
Mirror, mirror on the wall…
Who is the most corrupt of all?
by Richard Schmitt4 years ago
The Philosophical Is Political: A Response to Agnes Callard
An argument that philosophers should sign petitions
by Brandon Absher4 years ago
Marcuse’s Relevance Today: Violence, Racism, and the Critique of Pure Tolerance
How Marcuse might help us combat violent US culture
by Charles Reitz4 years ago
Is “Intersection” Just a Word We Utter?
A Radical Call for Intersectional Veganism
by Tanya Loughead4 years ago
Burger King Will Not Set Us Free
Student Loan Debt as a Systemic Injustice
by George Fourlas4 years ago
Is Our Democracy a Blessing?
How the Enemies of Democracy Come to Power by Electoral Means
by Richard Schmitt4 years ago
Playing Fascist
Why You Don’t Have To Be a Nazi To Be a Nazi in the 21st Century
by Julio Covarrubias4 years ago
Bribery in College Admissions
A reminder of the pervasive corruption of American public life
by Richard Schmitt4 years ago
Can Philosophy Survive the Neoliberal Academy?
Analyzing the situation of philosophy after the neoliberal redefinition of education
by Brandon Absher4 years ago
Why Moderate Fascists Are Called Populists
What the term today is hiding
by Richard Schmitt4 years ago
Migratorial Disobedience
The Fetishization of Immigration Law
by Grant J Silva4 years ago
RPA Statement in Support of Angela Davis
Angela Davis deserves the Fred Shuttlesworth Human Rights Award
by Brandon Absher4 years ago
When the World’s on Fire, Gonna Make a Movie about Democracy
A review of Roberto Minervini’s “What You Gonna Do When the World’s on Fire?” and Astra Taylor’s “What is Democracy?”
by Tanya Loughead4 years ago
Socialism in a Time of Rapid Climate Change: Reflections on the Green New Deal
An argument that socialists should support the Green New Deal
by Harry van der Linden4 years ago
What Do You Think about Prisons?
A primer on mass incarceration and the purpose of prisons.
by Richard Schmitt4 years ago
Soulless Capital
Why attempts to create a “moral capitalism” are misguided
by Clayton Morgareidge5 years ago
Blackkklansman: A Philosophical Review
A philosophical review of Spike Lee’s new film, Blackkklansman
by Joshua Mills-Knutsen5 years ago
Labor Day 2018
Our Country Has Lost Its Way and Is Drifting Without a Plan
by Richard Schmitt5 years ago
Structural Racism
Why structural racism does not exonerate individual Whites from responsibility for the injustices suffered daily by Black Americans.
by Richard Schmitt5 years ago
The Humanist Argument for Socialism
An introductory discussion of socialism and how to avoid co-option.
by Brandon Absher5 years ago
We Femme the Future
A Review of Janelle Monáe’s “Dirty Computer” Show
by Tanya Loughead5 years ago
Conversations about Politics
A reflection on political disagreement, respect, and democracy
by Richard Schmitt5 years ago
The Only Reasonable Philosophy of Migration is a Radical Philosophy of Migration
A vision for a radical philosophy of migration.
by Alex Sager5 years ago
Disagreeing and Blaming
On the complicity of philosophers and others in Trump’s family separation policy.
by Richard Schmitt5 years ago
Civility and Repressive Tolerance in the Trump Era
An analysis of the contemporary meaning of civility.
by Brandon Absher5 years ago
Against the Trump Administration’s Attack on Migrants and Asylum Seekers
Trump’s family separation policy must be connected to legacies of racism and genocide and the rights of immigrants and asylum seekers must be defended.
by Elvira Basevich5 years ago
Trump’s Changes to Refugee Policy: Nativist Biopower
A Foucauldian analysis of Trump’s refugee policy.
by Steve Tammelleo5 years ago
Gun Control, Abolition, and Transformative Justice
A radical Left response to gun violence
by Brandon Absher5 years ago
Narcocultura
Précis for a Philosophy of Brutality
by Carlos Alberto Sanchez5 years ago
Guns and Steel Don’t Kill, People Kill
Aimé Césaire, Jared Diamond, and the Contradictions of Empire
by james maffie5 years ago
Online Misogyny and the RPA Mag Commenting Policy
Should the RPA Mag allow open comments?
by Tanya Loughead5 years ago
An Orgy of Hypocricy
Why “nice nationalism” is just as bad as it’s vulgar twin
by Richard Schmitt5 years ago
Crimmigration
Why criminal convictions should NOT have immigration consequences
by José Jorge Mendoza5 years ago
On the “White Working Class”
Deconstructing the stereotype of the “white working class.” An important reality check!
by Brandon Absher5 years ago
What Price Greatness?
Our military expenditures do not “make America great” but impoverish us at home where education, health care and other essential services fall to the level of an underdeveloped country
by Richard Schmitt5 years ago
The RAISE Act: Protecting First-World Privilege via Strategic Racism
The new immigration legislation will not achieve its ostensible goal. The criteria it proposes for new immigrants thinly conceal its racist motivations.
by Grant J Silva5 years ago
From “Homelands” to Humanity
Right-wing preoccupation with a “home,” defined through exclusion of undesirables, yields counterfeit community.
by Joan Braune5 years ago
Why Police Abolition?
An argument for abolishing the police.
by Brandon Absher5 years ago
Keep America White Again
An examination and critique of the central myths behind Trump’s immigration policies.
by José Jorge Mendoza5 years ago
Not Another Left-Wing Publication!
An example of how RPA Mag can be used to further undergraduate teaching.
by Richard Schmitt5 years ago
In Love with Hopelessness: A Letter to Comrades Regarding the Women’s March
A critique of “conservative leftism” and masochistic purism.
by Tanya Loughead5 years ago
Editors’ Introduction
Introduction to RPA Mag from the editors.
by Brandon Absher5 years ago