Phyllis Bendell, Managing Editor

Daedalus was founded in 1955 as the Journal of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. It draws on the enormous intellectual capacity of the American Academy, whose members are among the nation’s most prominent thinkers in the arts, sciences, and humanities. Each issue addresses a theme with authoritative essays on topics such as judicial independence, reflecting on the humanities, the global nuclear future, the challenge of mass incarceration, the future of news, the economy, the military, and race.

About the Academy

Founded in 1780, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences is an international learned society composed of the world’s leading scientists, scholars, artists, business people, and public leaders. Members of the Academy engage in collaborative, multidisciplinary studies on topics of national and global concern. Academy projects focus on critical issues in science and technology policy, national security, social policy and fundamental American institutions, education, and humanities and culture.