Against the Grain – December 18, 2013
James Pfeiffer on what structural adjustment programs and PEPFAR guidelines are doing to the public sector in poor nations like Mozambique, with tragic consequences.
Against the Grain
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Acclaimed program of ideas, in-depth analysis, and commentary on a variety of matters—political, economic, social, and cultural—important to progressive and radical thinking and activism. Against the Grain is produced and hosted by Sasha Lilley.
Against the Grain – December 17, 2013
Nick Nesbitt on why so much effort has been devoted, over the course of two centuries, to undermining Haiti.
Against the Grain – December 4, 2013
In his new book, Robert Samuels describes why higher education in the US is in crisis; he also contends that free tuition, room, and board to public colleges and universities is not only desirable but feasible.
Against the Grain – December 3, 2013
According to an article co-written by U.C. Irvine professor Susan Coutin, deportation not only removes “unwanted” others, but also in a sense transforms de facto US citizens into de facto stateless persons.
Against the Grain – December 2, 2013
The ideas and strategies of W. E. B. Du Bois, Marcus Garvey, and Booker T. Washington may have differed, but each played a key role in the pan-Africanist project. Jeannette Eileen Jones explains.
Against the Grain – November 27, 2013
Many death penalty abolitionists assert that life without the possibility of parole is a better and fairer alternative to capital sentencing. But Jessica Henry takes issue with what she calls the “unjustified and almost commonplace imposition” of life-without-parole sentences. Also, Tony Platt discusses efforts to repatriate Native American remains that were excavated over a period … Continued