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Notes From Kabul
It isn't that they want to be there, Abdulhai says a couple nights later about those who show up without a ticket. The people are desperate.
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Liberation Theology and the Pedagogy of Insurrection
With the publication of The Pedagogy of Insurrection, theorist Peter McLaren offers a tour de force in critical pedagogy.
Henry A. Giroux | Gun Culture and the American Nightmare of Violence
The gun violence that we experience reflects the violence of the US political and economic system.
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Immigrant Advocates Take Action Following Deportation Raids in the South
Immigrant advocates sharply criticized the decision to conduct raids on vulnerable women and deport them back to the dangerous countries they fled.
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Philippines Islanders Unite to Resist “Land Grab” Palm Oil Companies
Farmers on Palawan are being tricked into giving land away to palm oil companies with local government support.
The Limits of Trickle-Down Philanthropy
Author Linsey McGoey discusses how super-rich people's philanthropy is often far from altruistic, and closer to capitalistic.
With the New Year, the American Parade of Politics and Prejudice Marches On
Philadelphia's Mummer's Parade brought flare-ups of racism and bigotry that parallel the rage and fear that grip much of the public in this election year.
“Domestic Terrorism” and the Master’s Tools
The “terror” frame reifies the notion of violence as the work of individual extremists versus systems, and calls on the inherent violence of state policing and punishment to solve …
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Visits and Conversations in a Kabul Winter
The path out of war seems to involve creating peace where we can, in earnest community with people whose basic needs aren't met.
Is Zero Deforestation Possible for the Brazilian Amazon?
Zero deforestation before 2025 is possible, and we know what it will take to achieve it.