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MLA, Perspectives

MLA Stylebook: Capitalism Punishes the Disabled Poor

Capitalism discriminates against the poor and disabled, one professor said during a panel entitled, “Disability and the Global South” at the Modern Language Association’s annual convention. This year, it was held in Austin, Texas, hardly a home for red state conservatives. J.C. “Jay” Sibara, an assistant professor of English at Colby College (Maine), claimed that […]

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Faculty Lounge

Professors Argue Capitalism Punishes the Poor with Pollution in Environmental Justice Course

College Fix has the news: “This fall, the University of California-Riverside will begin offering a bachelor of science in sustainability and environmental justice.” “Marguerite Waller, professor and chair of the department of gender and sexuality studies,said students will focus on the consequences of “unsustainable practices of extraction, industrialization, finance, corporate agriculture, air and water pollution, environmental […]

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Perspectives

Universities Venture into Capitalism

Universities may want to adopt a basic rule to avoid mission creep: When you have failed in your basic task, it is probably not a good idea to enter into new ventures outside of that undertaking. With graduation rates that could at best be described as anemic and skill mastery among graduates which might be […]

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News, Perspectives

Unions cap Charter School Growth

Charter school growth has exploded over the last two decades and so have the waiting lists to get in them. “Today there are charter school laws in 42 states and the District of Columbia,” Nina Rees, president of the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools said Monday in a conference on Capitol Hill. “Close to […]

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Crapitalism: A Book Review of Crony Capitalists
Book Reviews

Crapitalism: A Book Review of Crony Capitalists

Jason Mattera, a New York Times best-selling author and well-known for his interviews with less-than-reputable political figures in Washington, D.C., has written a new book entitled, Crapitalism: Liberals Who Make Millions Swiping Your Tax Dollars. At the new headquarters for the Young America’s Foundation in northern Virginia, Mattera said his book is “not a condemnation […]

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