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The Public Intellectual
Progressive academics address important social issues.
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![Pfc. Samuel Corsolini, 2nd Battalion, 25th Aviation Regiment, 25th Combat Aviation Brigade, pulls security with other Pathfinders as a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter takes off after unloading his team and members of 2nd Afghan National Civil Order Patrol Special Weapons And Tactics Team in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, March 16.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2012/05/7003620623_744817ed15_k-400x300.jpg)
Violence, USA: The Warfare State and the Brutalizing of Everyday Life
Since 9/11, the campaign for homeland security has increasingly mimicked the tactics of the enemies its sought to crush.
![NYPD officers arrest two protestors with the Occupy Wall Street movement near Wall Street in Lower Manhattan in New York City, November 17, 2011.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2012/04/GettyImages-595297338-400x300.jpg)
The “Suicidal State” and the War on Youth
For over thirty years, the North American public has been reared on a neoliberal dystopian vision.
![People along with New York City Council members attend a press conference to call for justice in the February 26 killing of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in Sanford, Florida, on the steps of City Hall, March 28, 2012, in New York City.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2012/04/GettyImages-142011069-400x300.jpg)
Hoodie Politics: Trayvon Martin and Racist Violence in Post-Racial America
Too many young people are not only being stripped of their hope and dignity, but also their lives.
![Former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum speaks in Hollis, New Hampshire, on January 7, 2012, during the New Hampshire primary.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2012/03/shutterstock_281674367-400x300.jpg)
Gated Intellectuals: Toward a Borderless Pedagogy in the Occupy Movement
Gated intellectuals do not work with ideas, but sound bites.
![Oakland Police Officers move in with "non-lethal" ammunition on Occupy protesters, January 28, 2012.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2012/03/6782747989_16f4bb22d9_o-400x300.jpg)
Youth in Revolt: The Plague of State-Sponsored Violence
A state of permanent war needs willing subjects to abide by its values.
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The Violence of Andrew Breitbart
If nothing else, Breitbart lived his work out loud.
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The Scorched-Earth Politics of America’s Four Fundamentalisms
Governance is in the hands of corporate power and the US increasingly exhibits the traits of a failed state.
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Dangerous Pedagogy in the Age of Casino Capitalism and Religious Fundamentalism
It is crucial to develop educational approaches that reject a collapse of the distinction between market liberties and civil liberties.
![Former Sen. Rick Santorum speaking at CPAC FL in Orlando, Florida, September 23, 2011.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2012/02/6183911107_447414437a_o-400x300.jpg)
Why Teaching People to Think for Themselves Is Repugnant to Religious Zealots and Rick Santorum
It is impossible to separate what we do in the classroom from the economic and political conditions that shape our work.
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The Public Intellectual: Roberto Cintli Rodriguez
Roberto Cintli Rodriguez Remanding Migrants "To the End of the Line" By Roberto Cintli Rodriguez, Truthout | Op-Ed Wednesday, 06 February 2013 Arizona and the Role of …