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A Godless Jewish Humanist
Dinah M. Mendes reviews Lawrence J. Friedman's book, “The Lives of Erich Fromm: Love's Prophet.”
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Flipping the Script: Pedagogy, Theater and Radical Organizing in Schools of Poverty
Teacher Jay Gillen goes beyond simply refusing to be complicit with educational injustice.
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Why “The Interview” Is Not Worth Your Time
A film as racist as “The Interview” was bound to get some attention even before Sony was hacked.
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“Selma” Portrays the True Martin Luther King Jr: A Radical Despised by the Political Establishment
This is not your sanitized Hollywood version of Dr. King.
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The Disunited States: A French Writer Navigates 1930s United States
Vladimir Pozner reveals the alienation, class antagonism, racism and sexism endemic to 1930s United States.
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Increasingly Dangerous Guns Endanger US Communities
In “The Last Gun” Tom Diaz pitches ideas to halt the NRA's campaign of fear that's pumped up weapons sales.
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Shining Light Into the Dark World of US Drone Warfare
The US government justifies drone strikes as legal and effective measures to defend the homeland. This book questions both premises.
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Hollywood, the Police and the Poor
The white affluent and usually liberal audience for films such as Nightcrawler, experience no cognitive dissonance in such depictions of urban life.
“Voices of a People’s History,” 10th Anniversary Edition Features Testing Resistance MAP Boycott!
Howard Zinn and Anthony Arnove's updated primary source companion to “A People's History of the United States” includes Amber Kudla's anti-standardized testing graduation speech and Jesse Hagopian's reflection on …
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Dan Berger Illustrates Centrality of Prison to Civil Rights Struggle
Author Dan Berger shows how prison and carceral violence fit into structural US racism and the Civil Rights movements of the 1960s in ‘Captive Nation.’