Opinion
Fifty years out of college and finally (almost) normal
May 17, 2016Over the weekend of June 2-5 I'll be attending my Yale Class of 1966 50th reunion in New Haven, Conn.
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Free speech, or safe spaces? Don’t make students choose
May 17, 2016We must challenge the problematic constructs in society that have driven young activists to seek sanctuary, and provide them with the room to create.
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“Measures of despair”: Chicago desperate for action on violence and poverty
May 16, 2016A poll just released depicts a city that is losing faith in its basic public institutions, from the police to the mayor's office.
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The ‘Grand Old Woman of U.S. Communism’: Mother Bloor and Iowa farmers
May 11, 2016Mother Bloor is famous in labor and radical circles, but unknown to many, she was also a key figure in the farmer's struggle in Iowa during the Depression.
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Left Strategy 2016: A narrow defeat of Trump’s racism is not enough
May 11, 2016The perilous consequences of a Trump presidency should be a wake-up call for the left. The possibility of dealing the racist right a major blow should energize and excite us.
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