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“Framing the Sixties” Exposes the Scapegoating of an Era
Framing the Sixties: The Use and Abuse of a Decade from Ronald Reagan to George W. Bush Bernard von Bothmer University of Massachusetts Press, 2010 …

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Floodlines: Community and Resistance From Katrina to the Jena Six
Parts of the story are familiar. In late August, 2005, Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast. Floodwaters broke the levees in New Orleans and the city was devastated—first by …

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Book Review: “Academically Adrift“
"Academically Adrift" by Arum and Roksa (University of Chicago Press 2011)

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Preface to a Prelude to Peak Oil
(Photo: hrbsir) Many green groups and other science-based analysts criticized President Obama's recent State of the Union speech for failing to mention the imminent catastrophe of climate …

How the Rich Are Destroying the Planet
A review and translated excerpt of the book from Herv Kempf, along with a conversation with the author.