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Voter ID Laws: Why Black Democrats’ Fight for the Ballot in Mississippi Still Matters
This fall, we are faced with the question of who will become president. And equally important — who can vote?
Making Rights Work: A Review of “The Human Rights Enterprise”
This review looks at the real, on the ground ways that claims to human rights actually function to challenge power.
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Military Dissent Is Not an Oxymoron: Freeing Democracy From Perpetual War
Dissenting voices must be encouraged and dissenting thoughts empowered within the military.
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Thom Hartmann | I’m Sick of the So-Called “News“
The stranglehold that multinational corporations have over our media is actually harming our ability to have a functioning democratic republic.
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Beyond Trump: Why We Need to Take Our Eyes Off the Show
The real threat to US democracy is the cult of personality in our political campaigns that got Trump the nomination.
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Henry A. Giroux | Donald Trump and the Plague of Atomization in a Neoliberal Age
Isolation and fear do not foster a healthy democratic society, but they are the norm under neoliberalism.
Lessons in Activism: Middle School Students Advocate for Syrian Refugees
Nassim Zerriffi's activism campaign class teaches middle schoolers in Manhattan how democracy really works.
Henry A. Giroux | White Supremacy and Sanctioned Violence in the Age of Donald Trump
Trump's ideology of fear and violence must be countered with a collective movement for real justice and democracy.
Turkish Academics Fear Growing Witch Hunt Following Failed Coup
The growing academic purges have made scholars extremely wary of publishing critical or sensitive material.
Turkish Academics Fear Growing Witch Hunt Following Failed Coup
The growing academic purges have made scholars extremely wary of publishing critical or sensitive material.