Social critic and author Barbara Ehrenreich exposes the economic cruelty of today’s globalized, just-in-time, lean, and mean world of work. Does education still assure access to the American Dream? Has the middle class reached the limit of its potential for upward mobility? What happens to democracy without a stable middle class?
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Is the American Century Over?
Joseph Nye shares his memories of living through the American century and discusses the future of America's role on the international stage.
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Censoring Children
MIT’s Noam Chomsky and Barbara Lubin of the Middle East Children’s Alliance discuss A Child’s View of Gaza, the book of Palestinian children’s artwork slated for exhibition at the Oakland Museum of Children’s Art. The exhibition was canceled at the last minute without explanation.
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Ralph Nader: Can the Super Rich Save Us?
Described as a work of imagination, but not of fiction, Nader's newest book challenges our vision of the American dream.