Social Justice

“Research shows prejudice, not principle, often underpins ‘free-speech defense’ of racist language”

““We think of principles as ideas we use to guide behavior in our everyday lives. Our data show something different — that we tend to make up our mind on…

“Mother is Marxist”

“The market scans my child, calculates pecuniary value.

Parents register and respond often seeking out the places (the “good” neighborhood or private school) where a child’s value is high enough in relation to the needs of others to make them relatively safe

“How to pacify a generation: tell them to think “happy thoughts” about chronic social issues”

“Telling young people to create “opportunities” out of tragedy and crippling economic deprivation, which is seizing on the logic of disaster capitalism, is like asking…

“Abolition & Suffrage”

“Many Garrisonians, including a large number of Quakers, refused to participate in electoral politics due to the government’s support of slavery and the U.S. war against Mexico. Garrisonian women did not necessarily oppose woman suffrage, but they emphasized instead the right of women to…