The Indypendent
Eleanor J. Bader
How to Save Your Liberal Arts College from Greedy Suits 101
New documentary film recounts how Hampshire College students and alumni rallied to save their renowned 60’s-era experimental college from its own scheming administration.
Know Thy Enemy: New Book Celebrates Chip Berlet’s 40 Years of Tracking Rightwing Movements
Chip Berlet recognized the importance of studying both the religious and secular right when others on the left thought it unnecessary or even silly.
The final installment in a four-part, illustrated children’s book series humanizes the unhoused, explores tough topics and still manages a happy ending.
An incisive new book calls into question the idea of the U.S. as a “pro-family” nation.
Poverty and Powerlessness: One Woman’s Journey Amid the “Struggling Class”
Sociologist Celine-Marie Pascale reported from some of the poorest regions of the US where low pay, coupled with the high cost of housing and health care, have propelled millions of workers into a bleak economic corner that few can escape.
A City Fights for Its Public Colleges
New book explores lessons learned during the five-year battle to save the City College of San Francisco.
Poor Queer Studies Enters Daily Life
It’s a well-documented fact that the US system of higher education steers all but the most exceptional Black, Brown…
New Exhibit Takes Aim at Gun Culture and Its Pathologies
As mass shootings become “normal” again from Atlanta to Boulder, Karen M. Gutfreund invites to explore the toxic culture that feeds our gun obsession.