Academic freedom at risk after decades of attacks and underfunding from right wing
We look at one of the consequences of this crisis: the growing threat to academic freedom with academic and author Henry Reichman.
Parkland kids inspire a veteran to march
This won't be his last protest.
Nepo babies and the myth of the meritocracy
Society’s top tiers are rife with nepotism. It’s past time to expose just how much unearned wealth and power has been accrued by elites.
Breitbart’s Kris Kobach suggests deporting DACA recipients and their parents to keep families together
“If we’re worried about keeping families together, then the illegal alien parents who brought them here should also be removed to the home country along with the DACA recipient alien.”
Should we worry about income gaps within or between countries?
At the beginning of classes every autumn, I tease my students with the following question: Is it better to be poor in...
Glenn Greenwald’s transition to ally of bigotry
Greenwald’s brand of anti-trans activist journalism could well lead to violence, even if that’s not his intent.
Noam Chomsky: We must confront the ‘ultranationalist, reactionary’ movements growing across globe
Noam Chomsky looked back at the rise of fascism in the 20th century and the growing ultranationalist movements of today, from Brazil and the United States to Israel and Saudi Arabia.
The shutdown causes some parents to pay twice for child care
Federal employees have child care fees to add to long lists of expenses for households that live paycheck to paycheck.
My life with Maus
Or how I was banned (even if in a second-hand way) by a Trumpian world.
Political polarization is pushing evangelicals to a historic breaking point
Christians are splitting with the religious right over Trump, COVID and Black Lives Matter, creating opportunities for those interested in social justice.