The inaugural issue of the Journal of Hip Hop Studies is out. Thorsten Thiel (HSFK) and Ben Kamis (Frankfurt): The Original Battle Trolls: How States Represent the Internet as a Violent Place. Lawrence J. Trautman (American): Cybersecurity: What About U.S. Policy? Ben G. Yacobi (Toronto): What Little Remains of Life. Dev Maitra (Cambridge): The Greatest Obstacle Facing Gun Control in the United States: Legislative Culture or the Constitution? Evan DeFilippis and Devin Hughes on the myth behind defensive gun ownership: Guns are more likely to do harm than good. The secret life of passwords: We despise them — yet we imbue them with our hopes and dreams, our dearest memories, our deepest meanings. Kathryn Bromwich on why it’s time we got over our prudishness about female desire. Ruth Tam on what leading feminists want to accomplish this year. Jamil Smith on how Obama loves America, but not the one Giuliani does. Does tolerating graft undermine national security? Patrick Radden Keefe reviews Thieves of State: Why Corruption Threatens Global Security by Sarah Chayes. Scenes Norilsk, Siberia, the world's northernmost big city — a polluted Hell on Earth. In January, the U.S. saw vastly more daily warm records than cold records — February, too. “First let’s see if the music we’re currently writing ever sees the light of day”: Adam Pitluk interviews Harriet Wheeler and David Gavurin of The Sundays.
