In search of… /Fabia Wong

  The Devil’s Bargain: Should justice be negotiable?   by Fabia Chenivesse-Wong Contributing Columnist  Recently, plea-bargaining has made the headlines, a sufficiently remarkable occasion to warrant attention. Plea-bargaining, or the bringing about of a...
The Age of Jackals/Henry A. Giroux

The Age of Jackals/Henry A. Giroux

*** Let’s Shut Down the Authoritarian Machine   Summary: In an age of fascist politics, we must fight the emergence of apocalyptic nationalism and racist authoritarianism. “We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in...

Critical Thinking Under Political Gun

  If Classrooms Are “Free of Politics,” the Right Wing Will Grow   by Henry A. Giroux This article previously appeared in Truthout.  It is reprinted here with permission of the author.   A disconcerting number of academics and teachers in the current moment...

Children in Cages/Jacqui Taylor Basker

  Children In Cages   by J. Taylor Basker When I was four years old, I was separated from my parents in Puerto Rico and sent on an Army airplane on a friend’s lap to the mainland.  The situation in P.R. had become very difficult due to the war.  There were food...
In search of… /by Fabia Wong

In search of… /by Fabia Wong

  A British film festival in France on the eve of Brexit, and thoughts on The Guardian’s Brexit Shorts   by Fabia Chenivesse-Wong Columnist In March, the 22nd annual “British Screens” film festival was held in Nimes, a Provençal city of 150,000 souls. The...