Today the Lafayette Journal and Courier printed a story about a new Purdue University initiated public charter high school in South Bend (the first two in Indianapolis) which was approved by the local school board. Some in the community object to this new STEM-oriented project. As in the older essay below, questions abound about the role of local teachers and their organizations in these projects. The announcements of these projects usually imply the fa...
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Harry Targ Confusion in the Moment The combination of social media, media “breaking news” stories, the politics of the spectacle, th...
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Harry Targ With the impending defeats of US imperial adventures in the Middle East, the rising influence of China in global affairs, and t...
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Harry Targ SIXTY YEARS OF BLOWBACK: IRAN Chalmers Johnson wrote in 2001 about “blowback” that it is a CIA term first used in March 1954 in ...
