ALL POSTS BY Henry Giroux
- July 25, 2020Echoes of a poisonous past are also present in the White House today.
- October 10, 2017What kind of democracy is possible when the institutions that are crucial to a vibrant civil society are vanishing?
- September 21, 2017The president has normalized violence by emboldening the idea that it is the only viable political response to social problems.
- July 11, 2017Fighting back against the right's politics of exclusion can be a path toward rebuilding American democracy
- January 30, 2017The new regime evokes past totalitarian states, both historical and fictional.
- December 16, 2016This election brought back the scourge of authoritarianism in the toxic language of hate, humiliation and bigotry — and in the culture of war and violence.
- December 12, 2016In the face of Trump’s draconian assault on democracy, it is crucial to rethink mechanisms of a repressive politics.
- August 12, 2016Isolation and frustration have made people disdain community, public values and the public good — making them perfect targets for the Republican nominee's authoritarian and oversimplified rhetoric.
- June 8, 2016Choosing between the "lesser of two evils" to lead a country doesn't eliminate inequalities in America.