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Henry Giroux on Democracy Unsettled: From Critical Pedagogy to the War on Youth
“Theory needs to be rigorous and accessible, and it needs to address not merely the outer limits of disciplinary scholarship but also important social problems.”
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Many Death Sentences in US Overturned
Washington - In December 2008, former Army Pvt. Ronald Gray was on the brink of becoming the first military execution in almost 50 years. The rapist and …
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Mass Marketing Goes Platinum
In today's fast-moving world of consumer styles, when you're out, you're out. Not just out-of-style, but so far out that you no longer interest the big marketers. …
Economic Update: Your Weekly Dose of Revolutionary Economics (Audio)
A revolutionary take on a massive set of problems: Capitalism's failings and today's global economic crisis. Every Saturday, Economics Professor Richard D. Wolff and guests discuss the current state …
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Los Angeles School Educates Those “Shut Out” of the System
Tears streaming down her face, Brandi Brown admitted that she never thought the day would come when she would graduate. But earlier this month, thanks to the efforts of …
The US Whitewashes Panama’s Fatal Flaws to Champion Their Free Trade Agreement
United States-Panama Free Trade Agreement
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Recession Has Lit the Fuse on Explosive Student Debt
(Photo: coldlasers.org) This week’s credit check: Average student debt can spiral up to $100,000 with interest and late payments. Room and board charges at colleges have doubled …
Capitalism’s New Era
(Photo: Kaba; Edited: JR / Truthout) “Karl Marx got it right, at some point capitalism can destroy itself,” said Mr. Roubini, in an interview with The Wall …
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Budget Talks Have Major Defense Contractors on Edge
Washington - When an expensive unmanned aircraft built by Lockheed Martin Corporation, a U.S. defence contractor, disappeared during a U.S. military test flight off the Pacific coast earlier this …
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How Global Warming Is Making Hurricane Irene Worse
Hurricane Irene is bearing down on the Outer Banks of North Carolina as a Category Two storm, and is expected to track a path of destruction up the densely populated Atlantic …