by Jeff Shantz
Millions have lost jobs and others the prospect of finding jobs that pay a sustainable living wage or offer some financial security. Millions have seen savings vanish or pensions, deferred wages, decline or evaporate. Continue reading Fascism today: fear and loathing in America
by Sanjay Perera
In an age of attention deficit disorders, selfies, and a generation of youth brought up through incarceration: how likely are Americans to take a united stand against gun violence? Continue reading Taking notes 62: America is a death-driven state
by Henry A. Giroux
Ali taught us how to talk back to power. Many of us learned early that what Ali was saying was that we had to flip the script in order to survive Continue reading Taking notes 61: Muhammad Ali was a freedom fighter not a celebrity
Jean-Paul Sartre: the road to freedom (a documentary ) Continue reading Sartre: the road to freedom
The magus of Messkirch: Martin Heidegger (a documentary) Continue reading The magus of Messkirch: Martin Heidegger
Michael Sandel: what money can’t buy Continue reading Michael Sandel: what money can’t buy
by Henry A. Giroux
Donald Trump, declares he likes “the uneducated” — implying that it is better that they stay ignorant than be critically engaged agents — and boasts that he doesn’t read books. Continue reading Taking notes 60: why teachers matter in dark times
Nietzsche: Beyond good and evil (a documentary) Continue reading Nietzsche: beyond good and evil
Derrida: a documantary Continue reading Derrida: a documentary
Is it just to tax the rich to help the poor? John Rawls says we should answer this question by asking what principles you would choose to govern the distribution of income and wealth if you did not know who you were, whether you grew up in privilege or in poverty. Continue reading Justice: what’s the right thing to do?
Philosophers for Change 