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Paying for Cheap Chocolate
Upgrading Halloween treats might take a bite out of child labor.
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Black Freedom Fighters in Ferguson: Some of Us Are Queer
Not all of the freedom fighters are Black men with masculine swag and pedigree.
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Gamer-Gate
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Judith Butler: On Israel, Palestine and Unacceptable Dimensions of the Status Quo
Critical theorist and activist Judith Butler talks about Israel, Palestine, Gaza, BDS, US education, anti-Semitism and inequality.
What Do Private Prisons Have to Do With the Upcoming Election?
As Election Day draws near, what are some of the ways that private prison corporations support their candidates? What do they receive in return?
Henry A. Giroux | Higher Education and the New Brutalism
The crisis of higher education is about more than a crisis of funding and an assault on dissent; it is also about a crisis of memory, agency and politics.
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The Role of Storytelling in Economics
The New Industrial Organization made it OK to tell stories rather than prove theorems.
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Does Crying Terrorism Trump Free Speech?
The Supreme Court's refusal to hear the appeal of Tarek Mehanna marks another step in the US government's history of attempts to curtail free speech rights.
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William Rivers Pitt | This Nation of Cowards
Kaci Hickox's quarantine is but one example of a nation that has entirely surrendered to its fears, both real and imagined.
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“You Got Into My Heart Violently, but You’re There“
“I don't think I'm particularly bothered by the fact that death is inevitable. I'm not embracing death, but I'm not afraid of it.”