Paul Thomas

Paul Thomas is a professor at Furman University.

Op-Ed

The Inevitable Rise of Trumplandia: Market Ideology Ate Our Democracy

Our newly minted Trumplandia isn't new. It's the logical outcome of who we have always been.

By: Paul Thomas ,; Medium

December 21, 2016

Op-Ed

Education & Youth

Five Questions Every Presidential Candidate Needs to Answer About Education

Forget accountability. This time around, the candidates need to address inequality.

By: Paul Thomas ,; AlterNet

August 23, 2015

Op-Ed

Enough Talk About Grit: It’s Time to Talk About Privilege

Lessons that promote "effort" as a mask for privilege do far more harm to our students than good.

By: Paul Thomas ,; AlterNet

November 11, 2014

Op-Ed

Jesusland?: Bible Belt Raises Welt of Corporal Punishment

I have a Who Would Jesus Bomb bumper sticker on a file cabinet in my office, and am certain that if this guided our policy in the US, we'd …

By: Paul Thomas ,; RadicalScholarship

October 2, 2014

Op-Ed

Blacked Out: “You Must Consider What Happens to a Life Which Finds No Mirror”

The narrative of the US remains a redacted myth, names and lives blacked out.

By: Paul Thomas ,; TheBecomingRadical

August 13, 2014

Op-Ed

James Baldwin at 90: “‘I can’t believe what you say,’ the song goes, ‘because I see what you do'”

Today, racism is thinly masked, and many refuse to see it.

By: Paul Thomas ,; RadicalScholarship

August 6, 2014

News Analysis

Economy & Labor

Unions? We Don’t Need No Stinking Unions

South Carolina is a high-poverty state with a racially diverse population. And, like many comparable states across the Deep South, SC is a right to work state.

By: Paul Thomas ,; TheBecomingRadical

April 29, 2014

Op-Ed

Politics & Elections

“There’s a Muslim in America Named Muhammad Ali”

Documentary film forces viewers to cope with a black man who floated like a butterfly and stung like a bee in a white world.

By: Paul Thomas ,; TheBecomingRadical

April 18, 2014

Op-Ed

Education & Youth

College Athletes’ Academic Cheating A Harbinger of A Failed System

Academic standards for college athletes should be raised, and sports scholarship programs should be ended.

By: Paul Thomas ,; TheBecomingRadical

April 1, 2014

Op-Ed

Education & Youth

American Hustle: Ignoring Poverty In the US

This American Hustle allows politicians, the media, and the public to wash their collective hands of actually doing anything except demanding that the lazy poor step up to the …

By: Paul Thomas ,; TheBecomingRadical

March 14, 2014

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