Roundup Top 10!
"I Question America" -- Remembering Fannie Lou Hamer's Famous Speech 50 Years Agoby Peter Dreier"I question America" is a fitting reflection of the soul-searching that the country is once again going through in the wake of the turmoil in Ferguson, Missouri. |
A history of education in America shows we've never accorded teachers much statusby Alexander NazaryanExorcising Ghosts From Classrooms |
America’s Continuing Border Crisisby Aviva ChomskyImmigrant rights organizations should be criticizing both parties for their policies in Central America (including President Obama’s free trade agenda), their economic and immigration policies (that criminalize workers), and the ways they are pitting immigrant youth against poor Americans in a struggle for scarce resources. |
Political Mythbusting: Third Term’s the Charmby Jeff GreenfieldDespite assertions otherwise, Americans are probably pretty OK with giving a party a third term in the White House. |
Philadelphia riots, 50 years laterby Jonathan ZimmermanAs events in Ferguson remind the nation, police killings of African-Americans continue to spark unrest. |
How the College Board Politicized U.S. Historyby Stanley Kurtz"This Framework will effectively force American high schools to teach U.S. history from a leftist perspective." |
We keep pledging to study the cause of riots like Ferguson’s. And we keep ignoring the lessons.by Merlin ChowkwanyunIf history is any guide, the Ferguson riots will teach us nothing. |
The Caliphate Brings Traumaby Daniel Pipes"Declaring the caliphate on June 29 was a major event; and the caliphate is an institution whose time has long passed and, therefore, whose revival bodes much trauma." |
Ferguson, Watts and a Dream Deferredby Tom EdsallThe Watts riots – set off by the traffic arrest of a 21-year-old black driver by a white police officer — left 34 dead, 1,032 people injured, and 600 buildings damaged or destroyed. |
Resisting Nazis, He Saw Need for Israelby Christopher F. Schuetze and Anne BarnardNow He Is Its Critic. |
Century of Disasterby Eduardo GaleanoRiddles, Lies, and Lives -- from Fidel Castro and Muhammad Ali to Albert Einstein and Barbie |