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- Black representation in Congress at risk after court ruling : NPR April 30, 2026
- Defying His State’s Restrictions, a Retired Professor Teaches About Racism: ‘History Has to Be Felt’ April 25, 2026
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- The Washington Post DOJ charges Southern Poverty Law Center over paid informants April 21, 2026
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- The Film That Explains Contemporary America – The Atlantic April 18, 2026
- Generational apathy and No Kings … April 14, 2026
- Time to “Orban” Trump (Gary Krenz) April 14, 2026
- Dems, Please Meet the Moment! (Barb Krenz) April 11, 2026
- Let’s change how we talk about taxes (Gary Krenz) April 10, 2026
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- NYTimes: Stephen Miller Is Still Pursuing His Immigration Agenda, but More Quietly (Dan Little) April 5, 2026
- For a sigh and a smile . . . (Gary Krenz) April 4, 2026
- Dan Little on political formation and bigotry (Gary Krenz) April 2, 2026
- The dictator celebrates war crimes April 2, 2026
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- No Kings and Our Democratic Opportunity (Gary Krenz) March 29, 2026
- Trump Just Made Stomach-Turning Remarks About Somali Refugees. It Gets Much Worse. (Dan Little) March 28, 2026
- Gemini helps us affirm: No Kings! (Dan Little) March 27, 2026
- The No Kings protests keep growing. Are they having an impact? (Dan Little) March 27, 2026
- The Washington Post Inside the GOP struggle with bigotry among young activists March 26, 2026
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Tag Archives: history
Welcome to Oceania, ca. 1984 (Gary Krenz)
The so-called “double-tap” – a terribly sanitizing word – attack on two stranded Venezuelans in the Caribbean continues to be front and center in the news, and now some members of Congress have had access to video of the attack. … Continue reading
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Tagged authoritarianism, donald-trump, drugs, history, news, politics, trump
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A Belated Thanksgiving Post (Gary Krenz)
Thanksgiving is a few days past, but here’s a belated thanksgiving post — just before the end of the holiday weekend. To begin, here’s a nice post by Robert Reich from a few days ago: “Gratitude: Thanksgiving thoughts.” It has … Continue reading
Collective Action for Academic Freedom (Gary Krenz)
I mentioned in a comment that last week, we released a new collection of essays on academic freedom: In the Spirit of H. Chandler Davis: Activism and the Struggle for Academic Freedom. (Shameless plug: available here.) This is a book I edited … Continue reading
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Tagged academic freedom, democracy, education, higher ed, higher-education, history, politics, teaching
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Ruth Ben-Ghiat: “Never underestimate the American people”
This evening Barb and I attended the University of Michigan’s annual Davis, Markert, Nickerson Lecture on Academic and Intellectual Freedom. This is, as far as I know, the nation’s longest running lecture (35 years) dedicated to academic and intellectual freedom … Continue reading
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Tagged democracy, history, intellectual freedom, politics, resistance
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Dan Little on inclusive multicultural democracy
Our friend and fellow blogger Dan Little has a wonderful academic blog, Understanding Society, that deals with issues “in philosophy of social science and the workings of the social world.” Dan is a very clear expositor of philosophical ideas, and … Continue reading
Two historical moments in the search for a better democracy – and today
Today is the anniversary of two important moments in the history of US activism for a more democratic union: the 1963 March on Washington and the arrest in 1917 of ten suffragists who were picketing outside the White House. Here … Continue reading
Affirming Democracy, Gathering Resistance 