Bad Writers And Human Rights

The Privilege Of Bad Writers

Corey Robin | 15th May 2026

Social media breeds a specific type of bad writer: bad at writing, but certain everyone wants their thoughts. These further break down into three types. The "droners" simply have no awareness of or care for their audience. The "the first-year graduate students" are still chasing how clever they felt in their early twenties. Lastly, there's the "confused word saladists", who "don’t know what they don’t know" (1,400 words)

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Rights Require Money

Attiya Waris | Aeon | 14th May 2026

Human rights are an abstract framework, above and separate to other, less philosophically backed, policy areas. This is a mistake: protecting rights costs money. Financiers and rights defenders need to be in the same rooms. "The fiscal systems of many African countries suffer not just from a lack of money but from a lack of the conditions under which money can be governed legitimately" (3,600 words)