Columbia Global Reports

01/02/2025

“What really worries me is that we’re at a moment when the government isn’t able to do very basic things.... It’s so extreme right now that we can't even get to the bigger issues. We’re just trying to keep everything afloat.”

🎧 ICYMI: Julian Zelizer joined Molly Jong-Fast on Fast Politics to talk about his newest book, IN DEFENSE OF PARTISANSHIP (on sale Jan 14!)

Podcast Episode · Fast Politics with Molly Jong-Fast · 12/30/2024 · 35m

12/20/2024

NYC, we already have plans for you in the new year!

Join us at New-York Historical Society for a conversation between Julian Zelizer & Rachel Maddow about Julian's newest book IN DEFENSE OF PARTISANSHIP (on sale 1/14!)

🗓️ Wednesday, January 22, 6:30pm ET / in-person and livestream

Learn more & get tickets 👇

In this conversation with Rachel Maddow, Julian E. Zelizer uses a history of Congress to argue that political reform should lean into our deep differences.

12/17/2024

We're starting 2025 strong with events for Julian Zelizer's IN DEFENSE OF PARTISANSHIP (on sale 1/14)

Join us 1/15 at Politics and Prose Bookstore where Julian Zelizer will be in conversation with EJ Dionne

🗓️ Wed, January 15, 7pm @ P&P Conn Ave

Learn more--> https://politics-prose.com/julian-zelizer

12/11/2024

🎉 LEFT ADRIFT by historian Timothy Shenk is one of The New Republic’s best books of the year!

“An alternative history of how left parties came to embrace the policies that quickened the loss of working-class voters.... [Shenk] is altogether convincing.”

https://newrepublic.com/article/188911/new-republics-books-year-2024-coates-kushner-ganz

12/02/2024

“You guys, there there's a lot going on right now. You don't have to do anything just yet. Take a deep breath. Read Left Adrift as a start. Just read it as a start. Just let it soak in. There's a lot of lessons in there.” —Larry Wilmore

ICYMI: Timothy Shenk is on the latest Larry Wilmore: Black on the Air to talk about his new book LEFT ADRIFT 🎧⤵️

Writer and historian Timothy Shenk joins Larry this week to talk about his new book, why the Democrats’ messaging failed in the 2024 election, and more

11/27/2024

“When you get to what can Democrats do, I think they need to have an answer to who they are other than just ‘not Trump.’”

Timothy Shenk is on the latest Larry Wilmore: Black on the Air to talk about his new book, LEFT ADRIFT: What Happened to Liberal Politics 🎧 ⤵️

Writer and historian Timothy Shenk joins Larry this week to talk about his new book, why the Democrats’ messaging failed in the 2024 election, and more

11/26/2024

Flying somewhere for Thanksgiving this week? We might have just the book for you!

In WHY FLYING IS MISERABLE: AND HOW TO FIX IT, Vanderbilt University Law School professor and policy expert Ganesh Sitaraman explains how flying became so, well, miserable, and what we can do to fix it

✈️ https://globalreports.columbia.edu/books/why-flying-is-miserable

11/08/2024

Join us this upcoming Monday November 11th, at 6:00 p.m. for a special event on Brazilian evangelism 🇧🇷🍃

RSVP using the QR code on the flyer or by visiting this link: https://docs.google.com/forms/u/2/d/e/1FAIpQLScOuGrUsX1ewQFHIJCmvict6nizbdjb3pqinWeHhif3awWLqQ/viewform

11/08/2024

“What do Democrats stand for? Over the last eight years, the answer has been simple: whatever Donald Trump is against.... And it failed spectacularly”

Historian Timothy Shenk, author of LEFT ADRIFT, on how the Democrats can move forward, for The New York Times Opinion Section

Resistance politics inevitably feels conservative. It’s reactionary in a literal sense, and this week, it ended in disaster for the Democrats.

11/06/2024

There's a lot to unpack after this year's election results. LEFT ADRIFT can help.

In his new book, historian Timothy Shenk provides a new perspective on the transformation of the left over the last 50 years, offering compelling insight into the recent history of the Democratic Party, and, in light of this year's election, a look towards its future.

⬅️ learn more & get your copy--> https://globalreports.columbia.edu/books/left-adrift/

11/03/2024

“Carranca’s reporting offers important and useful insight into how missionaries operated in Muslim-majority countries, including ones where such work was forbidden by local law.... [Her] access to the missionaries and her deep, yearslong reporting are impressive.”

The New York Review of Books reviewed Adriana Carranca’s SOUL BY SOUL: The Evangelical Mission to Spread the Gospel to Muslims

In the wake of the September 11 attacks, evangelical American missionaries followed military tanks into Afghanistan and Iraq to convert Muslims as part of a holy war.

11/01/2024

"Ever since Donald Trump got on that golden escalator, Democrats have become the party of resistance. They've been opposed to whatever Trump is, which means that you end up letting Trump set the agenda.""

📺 ICYMI: historian Timothy Shenk was on Amanpour and Company talking about his new book, LEFT ADRIFT, and the future of the Democratic party

One challenge facing Democrats is how to win over the working-class vote. The party is increasingly viewed as serving the interests of the educated and the e...

10/29/2024

“If you want to agonize over a 2024 election that will be upended by a viral falsehood or deepfake, stop worrying about Kamala Harris and Donald Trump and turn your eyes to the local candidates whose names you might not even know yet.”

Sasha Issenberg, author of THE LIE DETECTIVES, on the downballot danger of disinformation, for POLITICO

It’s not the presidential campaign that people need to be concerned with — it’s local races.

10/28/2024

It’s not the presidential campaign that people need to be concerned with — it’s local races.

10/25/2024

“If the airlines are focused primarily on making money from credit cards and rewards programs, are they really taking the time and attention needed to improve service in their core business, which is flying airplanes safely, effectively, and reliably throughout the country?”

Harvard Law Today spoke to Ganesh Sitaraman, author of WHY FLYING IS MISERABLE, about the major problems with the airlines points system.

Author and law professor Ganesh Sitaraman ’08 explains why the Department of Transportation is taking a close look at four major airlines’ rewards programs.

10/22/2024

CGR October events are coming to NYC!

Next Tuesday, join Timothy Shenk and Andrew Delbanco at Book Culture for a conversation about Tim's new book, LEFT ADRIFT: What Happened to Liberal Politics

🗓️ Tuesday, October 29, 7pm @ Book Culture (112th st)

Learn more --> https://www.bookculture.com/event/112th-timothy-shenks-left-adrift-andrew-delbanco

10/16/2024

“An alternative history of how left parties came to embrace the set of market-friendly, triangulating policies that quickened the loss of working-class voters.... [Shenk] is altogether convincing.”

The New Republic reviews Timothy Shenk’s LEFT ADRIFT: What Happened to Liberal Politics (out now!) ➡️ https://globalreports.columbia.edu/books/left-adrift/

https://newrepublic.com/article/185791/consultants-lost-democrats-working-class-shenk-book-review

The rivalry of two men tells the story of how Democrats fumbled with their traditional base—and how they can win again.