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Abusing Prisoners Decreases Public Safety – An Interview With Educator, Author and Former Prisoner Shawn Griffith
A new book's thoughtful analysis and chilling reflections on what author Shawn Griffith experienced while incarcerated is a remarkable illustration of why the US public must listen to the …

Truthout TV Interviews P.L. Thomas About the New “Jim Crow” Era of Education Reform
Education reform in the US is creating a new Jim Crow system that tracks primarily African American school children in urban and poor area into the prison industrial complex.

Why Tim DeChristopher Went to Prison for His Protest
Only weeks after his release from prison, the activist talks with Bill about the necessity of civil disobedience in the fight for environmental justice.

Interview: The Women Who Rewrote Cambodian Law – and the Men Who Censored Them
Anne Elizabeth Moore shares her insights into working with, and writing about, a new generation of courageous Cambodian women as well as the white men who seek to protect …

Yes Mr. President, This Is Who We Are
Michael Ratner and Paul Jay analyze President Obama's defense of his drone and Guantanamo policies - a policy based on continuing US dominance in the Middle East; Obama's speech …

Teach Your Children Well: Don’t Play Monopoly
You don't have to own Park Place to be a winner.

“Freedom from Exploitation” and the American Dream: Interview with Jacobin Founder and Editor
Jacobin Founder Bhaskar Sunkara speaks about the complexities of left-of-center space in American politics.

Professor Robert Jensen on “Arguing for Our Lives: A User’s Guide to Constructive Dialog“
Author and professor Robert Jensen answers questions about his book and future projects.

Marc Lendler: “Every Idea Is an Incitement…“
While Gitlow v. New York is a staple for anyone studying constitutional law, most people in the US have never heard of it, let alone understand how critical it …

Interview on Cyprus Crisis: European Cosmopolitanism in the Age of Financial Capitalism
In this discussion, two scholars show that ‘cosmopolitanism’ goes farther back than early modernity and unveil an ideal far different from neoliberal assumptions that cosmopolitanism is simply mobility and …