Zaitchik on Beck (Democracy Now!)

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The author of Common Nonsense: Glenn Beck and the Triumph of Ignorance, reports back from the “Restoring Honor” rally.

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Antonia Juhasz on the BP Oil Spill

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In her 2008 book The Tyranny of Oil, activist and writer Antonia Juhasz presented a damning and exposed the oil industry–its greed, corruption, extraordinary wealth and formidable political clout. She’s now at work on a book on the Gulf oil spill. Tentatively titled Black Tide and out next April, the book will look at the [...]

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Julian Zelizer on Obama and National Security

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Back in May, at the Center for American Progress in Washington, D.C., Princeton historian Julian Zelizer discussed Arsenal of Democracy, his new history of U.S. national security policy since 1946, at an event co-sponsored by CAP and Progressive Book Club. Zelizer had much to say in conversation with CAP’s John Halpin and Ruy Teixeira about [...]

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Ten Steps Toward Empowered Citizenship

In a postscript to his book, Soul of a Citizen: Living with Conviction in a Cynical Time, Paul Loeb offers a list of ten principles to guide the engaged citizen along the path of social involvement. They give a pretty good flavor of the rest of the book, which makes an eloquent case for why [...]

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Diane Ravitch: Three Must-Read Books On Education Reform

August 30, 2010
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The Washington Post recently asked the education historian Diane Ravitch to recommend three books on education reform. Ravitch created a stir in education and policy circles earlier this year when she announced, in a new book, that she’d undergone a “wrenching transformation in my perspective on school reform.” Once a vocal champion of reform principles [...]

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Friday Roundup: The Frugal Superpower, the Mystery of Compassion, the Elusive War on Terror — and More

August 27, 2010

A roundup of fun and interesting reads on books, writers, and ideas from the past week.

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Noam Chomsky: Hopes and Prospects [video]

August 26, 2010
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MIT professor Noam Chomsky is widely regarded as the father of modern linguistics. He’s also one of the world’s most vocal and influential critics of U.S. foreign policy. In the video below, taped in April of this year, he discusses the United States’ global role with an audience of students and faculty at Brown University. [...]

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Book Talk Radio: Alexander Zaitchik and Joe Conason on Glenn Beck

August 26, 2010
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In the latest installment of Progressive Book Club’s online radio show, Book Talk Radio, which aired last week, Alexander Zaitchik discussed his book Common Nonsense: Glenn Beck and the Triumph of Ignorance with host Joe Conason. If you missed it first time around, you can listen below. Here’s some of the ground they cover:

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