Introduction When I wrote “Cultural Studies, Public Pedagogy, and the Responsibility of Intellectuals, in 2004,” I wanted to stress the contribution that…
Breaking Silos · Episode 4 with Henry A. Giroux: Youth and Memories of Hope in the Age of Disposability Henry A. Giroux (McMaster…
“And therefore think him as a serpent’s eggWhich hatch’d, would as his kind grow mischievous;And kill him in the shell” – Brutus…
Social movements are creating powerful new languages for confronting tyranny. We must resist the plague of silence. his week’s revelation that Donald…
The underbelly of contemporary violence is colonialism, the politics of disposability, religious fundamentalism, neoliberalism, and raw militarism. Violence seems to have engulfed…
The massacre of innocent people is a serious matter. It is not a thing to be easily forgotten. It is our duty…
There are no commanding visions of public education at work in the United States. These are dark times for education, teachers, librarians,…
Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it has been faced. History is not the…
America’s slide into a fascist politics demands a revitalized understanding of the historical moment in which we find ourselves, along with a…
“Whoever has the youth has the future.” –Hitler in Mein Kampf Fascism in its different forms has always thrived on attacking teachers, schools,…
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