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Henry Giroux | Neoliberalism, Youth and Social Justice
Henry Giroux speaks with Ronald Jackson on issues of neoliberalism, the war on youth, and required cultural changes for a better future.
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Obama Needs Different Health Sign-Up Message to Youth as March 31 Deadline Approaches
Early numbers suggest young people comprise a fourth of insurance purchases. The administration is hoping for a big jump to 40 percent.
Kids for Cash: Inside One of the Nation’s Most Shocking Juvenile Justice Scandals
The shocking story of how thousands of children in Pennsylvania were jailed by two corrupt judges who received $2.6 million in kickbacks from the builders and owners of private …
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Pot
Ted Rall, "Pot"
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What’s Missing Inside “Llewyn Davis“
The Coen brothers' latest movie, "Inside Llewyn Davis," creates the now-gone world of folk music in the Greenwich Village of the early 1960s, but it totally misses key elements, …
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Obamacare and Those Invincible Youngsters
Dean Baker: The focus on the young invincibles is largely a distraction. However it is not an altogether harmless distraction.
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The Real Movers and Shakers
Instead of electoral politics, we should be paying more attention to the community-based movement building happening around the country.
Henry A. Giroux | Hardened Cultures and the War on Youth
This interview was conducted at the McMaster Centre for Scholarship in the Public Interest's 2013 "War on Youth" Summer Institute, Summer 2013.
Undocumented and Undaunted: DREAMer Artists Speak Out
The struggles of undocumented youth in the US often fly under the radar of the mainstream media but a new generation of young immigrants are making sure their voices …
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Sexual Abuse and the Juvenile Justice System
Sexual violence is rampant in youth detention facilities. We know this because many kids who were victimized while in custody have bravely spoken out. We also know this because …