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Paulo Freire’s Critical Pedagogy: A Description and American Application

Often, I hear discussions in academic circles on the cycle of poverty and the racial achievement gap. The discussion centers Continue reading →

The Taylorist Classroom?

In the latest issue of Jacobin, Shawn Gude argues that the neoliberal education reform movement, in pushing for standardized testing, Continue reading →

The (Short) (Modern) Historiography of Gabriel’s Rebellion

In the summer of 2012, I ended up in New Haven to take a couple of courses at Yale. There Continue reading →

"...and with one accord defend our selves against the common Enemy, and let not the faults of the guilty be the reproach of the innocent, or the faults or crimes of the oppressors divide and separate us who have suffered by their oppressions. "

‘White Trash’ means Working Class

What’s disturbing about frequent American-left discourse about the South is the absolute disdain with which many liberals treat working class Continue reading →

Michel Foucault flashes a wan smile.

Foucault and Criticism

Foucault’s aestheticism and anti-foundationalism are targets of scorn among critical theorists like Jürgen Habermas. How can a perspectivism that acknowledges Continue reading →

"But I do have an unyielding belief that all people yearn for certain things: the ability to speak your mind and have a say in how you are governed; confidence in the rule of law and the equal administration of justice; government that is transparent and doesn't steal from the people; the freedom to live as you choose. Those are not just American ideas, they are human rights, and that is why we will support them everywhere." - Barack Obama, Cairo, 2009

Logic of the Global Arms Trade

For all of the recent noise in the United States about gun control, one glaring issue has been notoriously absent: Continue reading →

O heaven above me, thou modest one! thou glowing one! O thou, my happiness before sunrise! The day cometh: so let us part!—

Birth of the Blog: Plans for 2013

Starting a blog, or any publication, is a hazardous journey. Ours is just begun, full of terrible perils and great Continue reading →

Friedrich Nietzsche strikes a contemplative pose.

Debt and Credit

Debt became one of the primary concerns of populist movements emerging in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis. In Continue reading →

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