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The Public Intellectual
Progressive academics address important social issues.
Series Introduction
Progressive academics address important social issues in a language that is both rigorous and accessible.
The Public Intellectual Project
Progressive academics address important social issues in a language that is both rigorous and accessible.
War Becomes Spectacle in Trump’s Horrific Propaganda Promoting War in Iran
The White House has circulated videos that fuse footage of bombing raids with visuals from video games and action films.
Trump’s Response to Reiner’s Death Shows the Cruelty at the Core of His Politics
This language is not Trump’s alone. It is the language of MAGA politics and everything that enables it.
In Courting Saudi Arabia, Trump Emulates Mohammed Bin Salman’s Authoritarianism
Donald Trump and Mohammed bin Salman are united by their shared ideology of censorship and state violence.
Charlie Kirk’s Death Is a Symptom of a National Political Culture in Crisis
What we are witnessing is not an isolated act but the manifestation of a wider rot.
Bill Moyers Was a Truth-Teller, Not a Stenographer for the Powerful
He showed a generation of journalists, scholars, and public intellectuals what it means to speak truth to power.
From the Streets of LA to the National Stage: The Left Must Win the Cultural War
Trump’s war on dissent can only be defeated by a left that challenges the values sustaining authoritarianism.
Amid State Abductions, Trump’s Fascism Is No Longer Creeping — It’s Here
Masked plainclothes police abducted a graduate student without filing charges. Her apparent “crime”? Writing an op-ed.
Erasing History, Erasing Democracy: Trump’s Authoritarian Assault on Education
Trump appears bent on ridding schools of dangerous practices like critical thinking and an unsanitized study of history.
Higher Education Must Champion Democracy, Not Surrender to Fascism
Critical education must become a key organizing principle to defeat the emerging authoritarianism in the US.
Israel’s War on Gaza Is a War on Children
Children in Gaza are not merely collateral damage; they are often actively being targeted.