richard brodhead returns to duke with a "whitman sampler"

scholar of American and culture, he has written and edited more than dozen books, including on Hawthorne, Melville, and Whitman.  He was elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2004, and he was named Co-Chair of its Commission on Humanities and Social Sciences and co-authored..

does central america need a 'marshall plan'?

The most charitable reading would be that Castro wants to increase aid to Central American countries, and at the time that he wants to increase transparency and in the use of that aid.. How would increasing US involvement, including, arget illicit networks and transnational criminal..

pompeo's rage against peace, equity an justice

By everyone disdained the in the Fact Most Latin American nations are run by US-supported fascist regimes, exploiting their people to benefit US and corporate interests governance for andUS and other Western societies.. ... I'll make this very clear, very plain we'll do so in way that is..

american free press

For the 50 years, except for one case, the so-called 1968 Federal Anti-Riot Act lay dormant and forgotten, and now Justice Department has revived this constitutional monster, awakening it because of media outrage over Charlottesville turmoil. ..

julian assange: criminal or benefactor?

The idea of governance, that is, the founding principles of American system of governance, relied on 'checks and balances and 'separation of powers to restrain excesses and abuses of power by the state. in American context arises from the corporatization of the media, and appreciation of..

gale kenny on the womens march, church ladies, and grassroots

Her forthcoming book on organized Protestant women is entitled Christian Cosmopolitans Protestant Churchwomen and World, 1900-1950.She is also of Contentious Liberties American Abolitionists Post-Emancipation Jamaica  .. ... Many politicized white women have had to reckon with their privilege..

american jews versus israeli politics

In, the greatest support for hard-line Israeli policies has not been from American Jews, except from Christians.  nine major mainstream American Jewish groups wrote to Trump asking him to restrain Israeli from annexation, saying that it will lead to conflict between Israelis and..

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