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Henry A. Giroux: From the Streets of LA to the National Stage, The Left Must Win the Cultural War

Trump’s war on dissent can only be defeated by a left that challenges the values sustaining authoritarianism.

June 25, 2025 · 3 Comments

Stuart Sheppard: The War Against Aesthetics in Contemporary Literature 

We are increasingly being told that it is not important how well a poet writes; rather, the crucial issue is what a poet says.

October 4, 2024 · 24 Comments

Liz Theoharis & Shailly Gupta Barnes: The Christian Nationalist Vision for America

Project 2025: A New Pax Romana.

July 30, 2024 · 4 Comments

Abby Zimet: Banning Eagle Song, Dragons Love Tacos, A Thai Lullaby and Pink! To Protect the Children

The nationwide rush to “protect the innocence of children” from the perils of thinking for themselves accelerated last week…

March 28, 2023 · 8 Comments

Abby Zimet: These Are Not the Best of Times

On the vital, longtime, increasingly bonkers battleground of culture wars that are our schools and our kids and what they can learn, it keeps getting worse. A new report finds … Continue reading

January 28, 2022 · 7 Comments

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