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Left Behind? American Youth and the Global Fight for Democracy
Counterpublic spheres and modes of resistance that we once did not think young people could mount have erupted in a rush of emotional and political expressions.
America’s Culture of Cruelty
Rather than being unspoken and unseen, violence in American life has become both visible in its pervasiveness and normalized as a central feature of dominant and popular culture.
Does “Democracy” Still Mean Anything? (And in Case It Does, What Is It?)
It is a possibility – nay, a likelihood - that the link between public agenda and private worries, the very hub of the democratic process, has been broken.
In the Twilight of the Social State: Rethinking Walter Benjamin’s Angel of History
We no longer live in an age in which history's “winged messengers” bear witness to the suffering of millions.
Incoming GOP House Chairs Plan to Investigate Climate Scientists, Probe Muslim “Radicalization,” Repeal Healthcare Reform
When the 112th Congress is sworn in Wednesday, Republicans will hold a newfound edge in the House after four years in the minority.
Solutions: Making Government Work
Truthout's “Solutions: Making Government Work” editor and long-time researcher, author and government watchdog Dina Rasor. Click to visit the “Solutions: Making Government Work” archive. The Solutions …
Living in the Age of Imposed Amnesia: The Eclipse of Democratic Formative Culture
We live in an age in which punitive justice and a theater of cruelty have become the defining elements of a mainstream cultural apparatus that trades in historical and …
Eleven Ways to Rebuild Our Country
Alexander Hamilton’s strategic proposals for American manufacturing built the greatest industrial powerhouse the world had ever seen -- before they were abandoned.
Farewell Mon Amour: Prospects on Democracy’s Electoral Defeat
We have become a country in which democracy is no longer a viable dream; rather, it is a living nightmare haunting those who now control the reins of financial …
The Perfect Storm
A few Americans are buying our democracy as never before. And they're doing it completely in secret.