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Chinyere Obasi

14 Articles

Philosophy, Politics, the Public: An Interview with Agnes Callard

In this interview from March 2023, Agnes Callard spoke to the HPR about the place of the public philosopher, the value of anger, and the moral corruption of the oppressed.

Endpaper: Politics as Performance

It is important for us, as inheritors of our previous generations’ political epigenetics, to recognize, cultivate, and perhaps even celebrate the inherent performativity of our political action.

Real Fake News: Inside the Gem of Satirical Journalism

The work literary comedians do as we put down our magazines and turn on the television is more than funny; it asks fundamental questions about the way we receive, interpret, and internalize news and politics.

Worker Exploitation is a Public Health Issue

The American dismissiveness of the trials of the working-class has resulted in a system that actively harms its workers more than other developed countries.

We Were Eight Years in Waiting

Bartlett’s play gets a lot right, though not necessarily in the right order.

On Climate Emotion: Interview with Sarah Jacquette Ray

Sarah Jaquette Ray is a Professor of Environmental Studies and the Program Leader of the Environmental Studies Program at California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt. Her work focuses on modern climate justice advocacy and trauma studies.

Poor Decision-Making: Abortion and American Violations of Human Rights Law

The most prolific human rights organizations in the United States and abroad value equal and unrestricted access to all maternal care, including abortion, as a human right.

Dear Conservatives: Fund The Performing Arts!

It is crucial to remember that there are valid arguments for continued arts funding that align with conservatism — not just arguments rooted in economics, but in the moral framework to which the modern American conservative subscribes.

It’s Time to Ratify the Rome Statute. No, Really This Time.

The United States remains one of the few nations among its allies who has refused to adopt the Rome Statute. To continue to not do so is to essentially treat the United States as above international law and above reproach. It must be ratified.

USA: The Case of White Ethnonationalism

It is not just that the nationalistic plans of these people are morally reprehensible. A White ethnostate in the 21st century would fail. And it would fail spectacularly.