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The Public Intellectual
Progressive academics address important social issues.
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![President Trump speaks during a press conference in the James S. Brady Briefing Room of the White House on September 4, 2020, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/09/2020_0908-donald-trump-c-400x300.jpg)
Trump’s “Law and Order” Rhetoric Is a Rallying Cry for State Violence
Trump is establishing the conditions for a fascist state rooted in white supremacy.
![Hundreds of protesters gather in Times Square in New York City on July 26, 2020.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/08/2020_0804-black-lives-matter-protest-400x300.jpg)
Giroux: Growing Rebellion Will Breathe New Life Into a Transformed Social Order
Giroux says we must use the pandemic as an opportunity to rethink matters of politics, ethics, power and social change.
![Police guard the Mark O. Hatfield federal courthouse in downtown Portland as the city experiences another night of unrest on July 24, 2020, in Portland, Oregon.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/07/GettyImages-1258099627-400x300.jpg)
The Ugly Terror of a Fascist Abyss Lurks in the Background of This Pandemic
Resistance is no longer optional, given that both humanity and the life of the planet are at stake.
![A protester kneels and holds up a fist as he and others demonstrate against the death of George Floyd by closing down and blocking traffic on I-395 in Washington, D.C., on June 15, 2020.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/06/2020_0616-black-lives-matter-f-400x300.jpg)
Henry Giroux: Black Lives Matter Rebellions Are Pushing for Structural Change
A growing international movement among youth raises new hopes for rethinking the future.
![A man protesting police brutality and systemic racism holds up his hands as they face police during a citywide curfew in New York City, on June 2, 2020.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/06/2020_0609-protest-police--400x300.jpg)
Racist Violence Can’t Be Separated From the Violence of Neoliberal Capitalism
Neoliberal society is built on the myth that economic prosperity is hermetically sealed from racial and social justice.
![An activist writes messages on her vehicle as she participates in a May Day protest during the coronavirus pandemic, May 1, 2020, Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/05/2020_0507-may-day-protest-flag-400x300.jpg)
Henry A. Giroux: It Is Impossible to Be Radical Without Being Optimistic
Henry A. Giroux examines the COVID-19 crisis as part of a more comprehensive crisis of politics and morality.
![Stock traders in facemasks watch markets crash in horror](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/04/2020_0407-coronavirus-neoliberalism-g-400x300.jpg)
The COVID-19 Pandemic Is Exposing the Plague of Neoliberalism
Decades of neoliberal policies have deeply eroded the notions of public good, social contracts and solidarity.
![People dressed in black march in the fog by Auschwitz-Birkenau at night](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/03/2020_0302-holocaust-survivors-400x300.jpg)
Auschwitz Survivors Don’t Want Their Past to Be Their Grandchildren’s Future
The heightened cruelty of the Trump regime signals the emergence of 21st-century fascism.
![Donald trump speaks at the state of the union address](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/02/2020_0205-sotu-400x300.jpg)
Trump’s SOTU Speech Bristled With Fascist Politics
Authoritarian societies protect the powerful, not the poor or vulnerable, and Trump made that very clear.
![President Trump boards Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, November 6, 2019.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/01/2020_0119_donald-trump-400x300.jpg)
The Battle to Impeach Trump Is Part of a Global Struggle for Democracy
The push to impeach Trump should become a rallying cry to put the capitalist system on trial too.