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1 Year Down
Contingent Magazine had a lot of doubters when it debuted 12 months ago. But it's still going strong and earning a reputation as a place where historians can engage the public with the ideas that have always interested them.
Opinion
Censorship Through Noise
Peter Pomerantsev's This Is Not Propaganda: Adventures in the War Against Reality demonstrates that one variety of globalization is compatible with economic protectionism, cultural isolationism and an obsession with national sovereignty, Scott McLemee writes.
An Intelligent Argument on Race?
Scholar makes argument in favor of race-based research into intelligence, but experts in that subfield say it's an unnecessary plea that doesn't square with scientific realities.
Is Sci-Hub Safe?
Warnings that Sci-Hub poses a cybersecurity threat to universities have intensified. But few institutions appear to be acting on them.
Opinion
Mind in Matter
Scott McLemee reviews Daniel Belgrad's The Culture of Feedback: Ecological Thinking in '70s America.
'The Journey Before Us'
Author describes her book on first-generation students.
Opinion
The Repetition Compulsion
Scott McLemee explores various scholars' rationales for self-plagiarism.
Opinion
The Case for an Institutionally Owned Knowledge Infrastructure
The many bottlenecks that the commercial monopoly on research information has imposed are stimulating new strategies, write James W. Weis, Amy Brand and Joi Ito.