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Ebba Lekvall 1 October 2026 In October 2022, I wrote about the Church of Sweden’s apology to the indigenous Sámi population for the Church’s role in colonial oppression and past abuses. The apology was part of the Church’s reconciliation process with the Sámi and which also included two publications: a White Paper examining examines the […]

Critical theory’s Israel exception Lorna Finlayson* This article was originally published in the Boston Review, 12 August 2026 German philosopher Jürgen Habermas—both inheritor and critic of the Frankfurt School, best known for his theories of discourse ethics, communicative action, and deliberative democracy—died in March at the age of ninety-six. One of his last public politic...