Robin Kelley of UCLA

Robin Kelley of UCLA

UCLA Professor Robin Kelley, just back from Palestine, reports back on the liberation movement there. Robin Kelley, Gary B. Nash Professor of American History at UCLA, just back from a trip to Palestine, reports back on the liberation movement. He has...

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Katrina vanden Heuvel of The Nation

Katrina vanden Heuvel of The Nation

Katrina vanden Heuval, editor and founder of The Nation magazine, discusses the role that progressive social movements can play in the 2012 elections. Katrina vanden Heuvel, editor and founder of The Nation magazine, discusses the role that progressive social movements can play in...

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Stopping the Highway to Hell: Real Transit Change Needed in Stimulus Package

Stopping the Highway to Hell: Real Transit Change Needed in Stimulus Package

President Obama's stimulus package presents a challenge: a choice between real change or business as usual. The Presidents' focus on "shovel ready" capital projects that advance the highway lobby compromises his mission of social justice and reversing global warming....

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Film Review: Revolutionary Road – A Revolution Not Carried Out, or Even Considered

Film Review: Revolutionary Road – A Revolution Not Carried Out, or Even Considered

“Revolutionary Road” is an important, gripping, must-see film. The dynamics between April Wheeler (played by Kate Winslet) and her husband, Frank Wheeler (played by Leonardo DiCaprio) are painfully and vividly gripping. This is the tragedy of suburbia and women’s...

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