Connecting the dots on Brett Kavanaugh
September 25, 2018
—Laura E. Gómez
Details on the truths and lies of the Brett Kavanaugh US Supreme Court Nomination hearings and other events haunting Kavanaugh’s nomination
Category: News
Stormy Daniels’ Stripper Skills May Save the Day
September 24, 2018
— Bernadette C. Barton
Barton discusses Stormy Daniels as a prime example of how working in the sex industry empowers women, even in when up against a bully like Donald Trump. Daniels’ background may prove a benefit rather than a burden in her attack of Trump to show the American public the truth about their president.
Brett Kavanaugh
September 20, 2018
—Stephen Gottlieb
With recent developments in the Brett Kavanaugh Supreme Court hearing confirmation and rape allegations, author Stephen Gottlieb comments on the abuses of power on display
Mobilizing Threat
September 12, 2018
—Greg Prieto
Avoidance and isolation offer immigrants short term protection from the reach of law enforcement, but also form a barrier to participation in the form of agency that is most likely to deliver long term relief: social movement organizing.
Protest Waves in Post-Liberal America
September 7, 2018
—Dawson Barrett
Americans are voting at the ballot box and with their feet—with a plethora of protests. This “movement of movements” is confronting issues like human caging, poverty, the de-funding of public institutions, global instability, and the de-regulation of industry.
Back to school, back to testing
September 6, 2018
—Glenda M. Flores
Latina teachers serve as cultural guardians to their Latino students, but this may provoke a perfect storm in multiracial schools because of the different ways students are racialized and high stakes tests that primarily focus on English language acquisition.
How Social Change Is Made: An Object Lesson From the Long History of Women’s Suffrage
August 24, 2018
—Johanna Neuman
There is no formula for making social change. But as we mark Women’s Equality Day, a historian of women’s suffrage says there were several elements that distinguished the cause.
In memoriam: Samir Amin
August 23, 2018
SAMIR AMIN (1931-2018)
Samir Amin’s razor-sharp intellect, penetrating analysis, strong anti-imperialism, conviction in the importance of third world solidarity, and deep and continuous commitment to progressive causes around the world will continue to remain an inspiration.