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The Roots of Progressive Radicalism: Nellie Bowles vs. Musa al-Gharbi

In two new books, a journalist and an academic offer competing explanations for the extremist ideological tendencies within left-wing cultural, academic, activist, and political institutions.

Jonathan Kay

25 Jun 2024 · 16 min read

Where Does ‘Wokeness’ Come From?

Opponents of wokeness sometimes say that “facts don’t care about your feelings.” But the federal judiciary does.

Richard Hanania

22 Sep 2023 · 7 min read

Saving Liberalism from ‘The Identity Trap’: An Interview with Yascha Mounk

In an acclaimed new book, the German-American political scientist traces the rise of illiberal intellectual movements among modern progressives.

Jonathan Kay

19 Sep 2023 · 14 min read

Should the DEI Industry ‘Check Its Privilege’? An Interview with Conor Friedersdorf of The Atlantic

In a May 31st article, “The DEI Industry Needs to Check Its Privilege,” Friedersdorf argued that many Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) programs likely do little to further the cause of social justice, even as they help enrich the DEI experts who champion them.

Jonathan Kay

15 Jun 2023 · 14 min read

Building a Progressive Tower of Babel

An American Jewish community leader describes how puritanical ideologues are co-opting charitable organizations and activist groups.

David Bernstein

13 Oct 2022 · 14 min read

Confessions of a Social-Justice Meme Maker

I made pretty pictures that helped keep people enraged and mobilized. Then I asked myself: ‘Why am I doing this?‘

Christina Buttons

17 May 2022 · 10 min read

Imperial College London’s Cancel Campaign Against Its Own Founders

The connection with the Beit family and its financial generosity has continued almost unbroken since the founding of the College.

Stephen Warren

21 Jan 2022 · 17 min read

Podcast #173: Batya Ungar-Sargon on the Growing Gulf Between Ordinary Americans and the Progressive Journalists Who Cover Them

The culture war and the fight over liberal media bias.

Quillette / Jonathan Kay

28 Nov 2021 · 21 min read

A Peek Inside Corporate America’s Ascendant Woke-Industrial Complex

The bigger problem was that its edict wasn’t about diversity at all. It was about corporate opportunism: seizing an already popular social value and prominently emblazoning it with the Goldman Sachs logo.

Vivek Ramaswamy

29 Sep 2021 · 7 min read

Quillette Podcast 19 – Assistant Psychology Professor Bo Winegard on Hereditarianism, Centrism and the Great Awokening

Toby Young talks to Bo Winegard, long-standing Quillette contributor and assistant psychology professor, about three of his articles: On the Reality of Race and the Abhorrence of Racism, Centrism: A Moderate Manifesto and The Preachers of the Great Awokening.

Quillette

26 Feb 2019 · 1 min read

The Preachers of the Great Awokening

Sinners are threatened not by an angry god, but by a righteous mob.

Bo Winegard and Ben Winegard

21 Sep 2018 · 13 min read