Political philosophy
Philosophy of governance and politics
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| 2024 | Cornel West ran as an independent candidate in the United States presidential election. |
| 2024 | Judith Butler published 'Who's Afraid of Gender?', a book that examines the roots of current anti-trans rhetoric and the historical context of the anti-gender movement. |
| August 2024 | Cornel West and his running mate Melina Abdullah were disqualified from the 2024 Michigan presidential election ballot. |
| March 3 2024 | At a public event in Paris, Judith Butler described the October 7, 2023, Hamas-led attack on Israel as an 'act of armed resistance' rather than terrorism. |
| February 1 2024 | West announced the establishment of the Justice For All Party (JFA), aimed at securing ballot access in select states including Florida, North Carolina, and Washington. |
| 2023 | Butler asserted that the anti-gender ideology movement should be viewed as a neo-fascist phenomenon. |
| 2023 | Following the start of the Israel–Hamas war, Butler published an essay titled 'The Compass of Mourning', condemning the massacre while arguing that the actions of Hamas should be viewed in the context of historical injustices over the past seventy years. |
| 2023 | Robert Reich made a cameo appearance in 'Dropout America 2', the first episode of the 6th season of Dropout's Breaking News, which depicted a fictional account of his son Sam's life. |
| October 2023 | Reich authored 'The Last Adult in the Room', characterizing Joe Biden as 'shrewd, careful, and calibrated' and expressing gratitude for his leadership. |
| October 5 2023 | Cornel West abandoned his candidacy for the Green Party nomination and announced he would continue his presidential campaign as an independent candidate. |
| July 2023 | Robert Reich published a blog post titled 'Why I'm So Short,' addressing his condition of Dwarfism. |
| June 14 2023 | West decided to seek the Green Party nomination for the 2024 presidential election, focusing on issues such as Medicare for All, public housing, climate change, and military budget cuts. |
| June 5 2023 | Cornel West announced his candidacy for the 2024 presidential election under the People's Party. |
| 2022 | Reich was featured in The Simpsons season finale 'Poorhouse Rock,' where he discussed the economic decline of the American middle class during a musical sequence. |
| 2022 | Reich labeled Florida Governor Ron DeSantis a 'fascist'. |
| 2021 | Received the Princess of Asturias Award and the Gold Medal from The National Institute of Social Sciences. |
| 2021 | Thomas Sowell published 'The Einstein Syndrome: Bright Children Who Talk Late', a follow-up book to his earlier work 'Late-Talking Children', exploring the phenomenon of late-talking children and challenging misconceptions about developmental delays. |
| 2021 | A documentary titled 'Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World' was released by the Free to Choose Network, chronicling his career and intellectual contributions. |
| September 7 2021 | An interview with Butler was published by The Guardian, where Butler discussed trans-exclusionary feminists and labeled the anti-gender ideology as a dominant strain of fascism in contemporary society. Following its publication, some paragraphs were removed due to editorial standards issues. |
| July 1 2021 | Cornel West rejoined the faculty of Union Theological Seminary in Manhattan, taking on the prestigious Dietrich Bonhoeffer Chair. |
| June 30 2021 | Cornel West submitted his resignation letter to Harvard. |
| March 8 2021 | Cornel West announced that he would leave Harvard and return to the Union Theological Seminary in Manhattan. |
| February 2021 | Reports surfaced that Cornel West was denied consideration for tenure at Harvard, prompting him to threaten to leave the university. |
| 2020 | Awarded the Friedenspreis des Deutschen Buchhandels (Peace Prize of the German Book Trade). |
| 2020 | Cornel West expressed his support for Bernie Sanders during Sanders' second presidential campaign. |
| 2020 | Sowell published 'Charter Schools and Their Enemies', a research-based book comparing educational outcomes between charter schools and conventional public schools, presenting evidence of charter schools' superior performance. |
| 2020 | Butler commented that trans-exclusionary radical feminism (TERF) is 'a fringe movement' that should not be allowed to speak in the name of mainstream feminism. |
| 2020 | Judith Butler published 'The Force of Nonviolence: An Ethico-Political Bind,' where they explored the connection between nonviolence and the political struggle for social equality, challenging traditional understandings of nonviolence. |
| 2020 | Robert Reich published 'The System: Who Rigged It, How We Fix It'. |
| 2020 | Robert Reich wrote letters to the City of Berkeley Landmarks Preservation Commission objecting to the construction of ten housing units near his home. |
| September 2020 | Cornel West was listed by Prospect magazine as the fourth-greatest thinker for the COVID-19 era. |
| July 2020 | In an interview, warned that a potential Biden presidency could signal a point of no return for the United States, drawing parallels to the fall of the Roman Empire. |
| May 31 2020 | Reich declared that President Trump had abdicated his office by failing to respond constructively to the crises in America. |
| January 2020 | In late January, Robert Reich and Inequality Media launched a new YouTube weekly talk show titled The Common Good. |
| 2019 | Received the Bodley Medal. London School of Economics announced the creation of the Amartya Sen Chair in Inequality Studies in his honor. |
| 2019 | Cornel West was featured as himself in the documentary 'No Safe Spaces'. |
| 2019 | Defended President Trump against charges of racism during interviews. |
| 2019 | Judith Butler was elected as a Fellow to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. |
| 2019 | Judith Butler explored the confusion of discourses regarding anti-gender movements in a paper, arguing that this confusion is part of what constitutes the 'fascist structure and appeal' of some of these movements. |
| August 2019 | Criticized the Indian government's actions in Kashmir, condemning the clampdown and curfew following the revocation of Jammu and Kashmir's special status. |
| 2018 | He made a guest appearance on Terence Blanchard's album 'Live'. |
| 2018 | Named George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Ronald Reagan, and Calvin Coolidge as presidents he liked. |
| 2018 | When asked about Trump's presidency, stated that he thought Trump was 'better than the previous president'. |
| 2018 | Judith Butler was awarded a Doctorate of Letters, honoris causa, from the University of Belgrade. |
| 2018 | Butler delivered the Gifford Lectures with a series entitled 'My Life, Your Life: Equality and the Philosophy of Non-Violence.' |
| 2018 | After facing backlash for her involvement in the letter, Judith Butler apologized to the Modern Language Association (MLA) for her actions. She expressed regret for allowing the MLA affiliation to be used in the letter and extended her apology to MLA members and officers. |
| 2018 | Robert Reich released 'The Common Good'. |
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