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On June 19th, the Chronicle of Higher Education ran a web version of a mock college syllabus that sought to explore the deep historical and political
From Europe to Asia, Trump is destroying alliances with democracies, while making friends with authoritarian leaders
On June 19th, the Chronicle of Higher Education ran a web version of a mock college syllabus that sought to explore the deep historical and political
This supplementary reading list is designed to augment the Trump Syllabus 2.0 by N.D.B. Connolly and Keisha N. Blain. In keeping with the spirit of the Trump Syllabus 2.0., the additional sources below represent a diverse authorship and subject matter. In many ways, it is designed to frame an alternative, yet central and foundational list
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On June 19th, the Chronicle of Higher Education ran a web version of a mock college syllabus that sought to explore the deep historical and political
Historical and scholarly context for the January 6, 2021 insurrection.
“Some people call me Hillbilly Some people call me Mountain Man Well, you can call me Appalachia ’Cause Appalachia is what I am” —Del McCoury Since the publication of JD Vance’s Hillbilly Elegy, just before the “election” of Donald Trump, the people of Appalachia have been discovered again. Perplexed by the […]
“So much of what Trump may, or may not, adopt as official US foreign policy towards Africa is uncertain. One of the things that will, however, influence what impact a Trump White House has on…
Benjamin Wallace-Wells on the Ohio senator Sherrod Brown’s trade-unionist politics and what they may portend for the future of the Democratic Party.
We all like to think of ourselves as heroes. But according to science, the vast majority of us wouldn’t be prepared to rebel against totalitarian rulers.
Whatever secret reservations Mitch McConnell and other traditional Republican leaders have about Trump’s character, governing style, and possible criminality, they openly rejoice in the payoff they have received from their alliance with him and his base: huge tax cuts for the wealthy, financial and environmental deregulation, the nominations of two conservative Supreme Court justices (so far) and a host of other conservative judicial appointments, and a significant reduction in government-sponsored health care (though not yet the total abolition of Obamacare they hope for). Like Hitler’s conservative allies, McConnell and the Republicans have prided themselves on the early returns on their investment in Trump.
On June 19th, the Chronicle of Higher Education ran a web version of a mock college syllabus that sought to explore the deep historical and political
Ivanka Trump announced she wants ed-tech policy to be one initiative in her White House portfolio. For preparation, here’s what experts say she should read and study.
On June 19th, the Chronicle of Higher Education ran a web version of a mock college syllabus that sought to explore the deep historical and political
On June 19, 2016, the Chronicle of Higher Education ran a web version of a mock college syllabus that sought to explore the deep historical and political roots of Donald Trump’s political success ...
“Some people call me Hillbilly Some people call me Mountain Man Well, you can call me Appalachia ’Cause Appalachia is what I am” —Del McCoury Since the publication of JD Vance’s Hillbilly Elegy, just before the “election” of Donald Trump, the people of Appalachia have been discovered again. Perplexed by the […]
The president declared his own inauguration a national holiday. But the language he used says something more.
This January, ArabLit started a series of talks with professors and instructors about teaching Arabic literature in translation. Here, I pull out seven suggestions from a talk with Prof. Joseph Farag.
A basic understanding of where news comes from is back on the syllabus as students navigate an increasingly bewildering media environment
The people living in Omar's majority-white district wanted a fight with Trump.
In her response to the president’s State of the Union address, the former Georgia legislator pushed voting rights to the heart of her party’s agenda.
Last week in North Carolina, we witnessed the latest right wing Southern coup. During an emergency special session called for READ MORE...
"I did everything the syllabus asked me to do, with few exceptions."
Communication professor establishes ground rules for political conversations with his students in class. Could they be useful to other academics struggling with how to encourage productive conversations about the president, while not losing control of the syllabus?
Masha Gessen writes about a new U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service task force that is built on the premise that the United States is under attack by malevolent immigrants.
"Please spend that money housing homeless and incarcerated people in safe places where they can be socially distanced," said one nurse.
The Archives played the same photo-alteration game that dictators do. Then it did the right thing.
