Month: April 2026

The Night City of the Bacchanalian Conspiracy

.Reading time 17 minutes.

By Grace Gillies In the early second century BC, Rome was rocked by a scandal so intense that the consuls decided to pursue investigations instead of leading their foreign campaigns. These investigations led to severe restrictions to the worship of Bacchus (Greek Dionysos) and even the execution of Roman citizens. The Bacchanalian conspiracy has been […]

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Review: Blue Power: How Police Organized to Protect and Serve Themselves

.Reading time 8 minutes.

Reviewed by Robert Dubovy In 2010, Heather Ann Thompson wrote that American cities suffered “deep racial and political conflicts” and “experienced tremendous distress from substantial economic disinvestment” after WWII. She challenged researchers to explain how the expansion of the carceral state and the rise of mass incarceration played a role. Stuart Schrader’s new book Blue […]

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