“Shithole Countries”: Trump uses rhetoric of dictators*

“Shithole Countries”: Trump uses rhetoric of dictators*

Photo by Jose Moreno on Unsplash   Employing a Language of Superlatives by Henry A Giroux George Orwell warns us in his dystopian novel 1984 that authoritarianism begins with language. In the novel, “newspeak” is language twisted to deceive, seduce and undermine...

Allen Forrest/According to Mae: “The Election”

  About Allen Forrest: Cartoonist/Illustrator. Born in Canada and bred in the U.S., Allen Forrest has worked in many mediums: computer graphics, theater, digital music, film, video, drawing and painting. You can read more about him in About...

Donald Trump’s Addiction to Violence/Henry Giroux

Donald Trump’s Addiction to Violence The president has normalized violence by emboldening the idea that it is the only viable political response to social problems.   BY HENRY GIROUX Donald Trump is addicted to violence. It is the principal force that shapes his...