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Living in a Culture of Cruelty: Democracy as Spectacle
The growing dominance of a right-wing media forged in a pedagogy of hate has become a crucial element providing numerous platforms for a culture of cruelty.
Obama’s View of Education Is Stuck in Reverse
Educational reform for the Obama administration “starts with testing and ends with data and more testing.”
Conversation With Henry Giroux: Let Us Make Haste While We Can (Part III)
While President Obama has acted less progressively than candidate Obama spoke, there are immense democratic possibilities within his administration
Conversation With Henry Giroux: Let Us Make Haste While We Can (Part II)
A war is being waged on today's younger generation, pillaging everything they have to offer, in deference to a rabid model of market fundamentalism and neoliberalism.
Children of the Recession: Remembering “Manchild in the Promised Land”
The hybridized concept of “manchild” marks a space in which innocence is lost and childhood stolen.
Conversation With Henry Giroux: Let Us Make Haste While We Can (Part I)
Those who are yet to become engaged with the work of Henry Giroux are missing out - big time.
Judge Sonia Sotomayor and the New Racism: Getting Beyond the Politics of Denial
The public morality of American life and social policy regarding matters of racial justice are increasingly subject to a politics of denial.
Child Beauty Pageants: A Scene From the “Other America”
The other America is the at times glitzy, often gaudy world of rampant commodification and sexualization.
Youth and the Myth of a Post-Racial Society Under Barack Obama
While “post-racial” may mean less overt racism, the idea that we have moved into a post-racial period in American history is an act of willful denial and ignorance.
Disney, Casino Capitalism and the Exploitation of Young Boys: Beyond the Politics of Innocence
The potential for lucrative profits to be made off the spending habits and economic influence of kids has certainly not been lost on Disney.