Blue Wave or Red Tide? Highlights for Nov 5th
With perhaps the most important midterm elections in a generation happening tomorrow, we offer you: an invitation to join us
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Corbyn’s Class Act Is a Climate Game Changer
Photocredit: Sophie J. Brown, Creative Commons, 2017. On September 12, 2015, Jeremy Corbyn was elected the leader of the Labour
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The New Geography of Suburbia: An Anatomy of America’s Hinterland
From suburban dreams to suburban nightmares.
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Napoleons in Pinstripes: The Rise of the Business Mogul as Politician
The authoritarian threat when titans of business invade the political arena.
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Making the Grade: Rating Professors
How student consumerism tyrannizes adjuncts.
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Why Did a Majority of White Women Vote for Trump?
Deciphering the political enigma of the women’s vote.
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The Marikana Massacre: Insurgency and Counter-Insurgency in South Africa
The Lonmin-owned platinum mine, 62 miles northwest of Johannesburg, South Africa had been at the center of a violent pay
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Info-Tech Is Not the New Utopia
Is another (economic) world possible?
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White Working-Class Voters and the Future of Progressive Politics
In the aftermath of the 2016 election, there have been hundreds of reflections written on the behavior, attitudes, needs, and prospects of the “white working class,” a segment of the population that will prove vital to any progressive coalition that stands for both social and economic justice. But what do we mean by “white working class”?
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The Future of Urban Populism: Will Cities Turn the Political Tides?
Demographic trends will cause clashes at every step; rural America and traditionally white suburbs are heading down a dangerous and destructive path of xenophobia and conservative nationalism (economic and political)—currently led by Donald Trump.
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