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The Public Intellectual
Progressive academics address important social issues.
Reading Against Fascism
Democracy cannot survive with a public that is inattentive to the power of language and indifferent to history.
Those Impacted by Colonialism Speak Out on the US’s Legacy of Family Separation
The crying children at the border are the latest victims of the crime of Indigenous genocide that began in 1492.
Tucson Skirts International Law in Refusing to Reinstate Mexican American Studies
Under international law, Mexican Americans have the right to ensure that their culture is not erased.
Trump’s Act of State Terrorism Against Children
The horrors of fascism’s past have now travelled from the history books to modern times.
The War on Children Under Neoliberal Fascism
The cruel separation of children evokes memories of similar horrific practices in US history.
Henry A. Giroux: Trump’s Relentless Lies Demand We Make Truth-Telling Great Again
The Trump regime dismisses words, concepts and news sources that address crucial social problems.
Striking Teachers Beat Back Neoliberalism’s War on Public Schools
Teachers are creating a new optics for a different future.
Switching Sides: Whitewashing History in the Age of Trump
The fight against fascism is part of a struggle over memory.
Educated Hope in Dark Times: The Challenge of the Educator-Artist as a Public Intellectual
Pedagogies of repression further a modern-day pandemic of loneliness and alienation.
The Culture of Cruelty in Trump’s America
Trump's culture of cruelty views violence as a sacred means for addressing social problems and organizing society.