“Shithole Countries”: Trump uses rhetoric of dictators*

“Shithole Countries”: Trump uses rhetoric of dictators*

Photo by Jose Moreno on Unsplash   Employing a Language of Superlatives by Henry A Giroux George Orwell warns us in his dystopian novel 1984 that authoritarianism begins with language. In the novel, “newspeak” is language twisted to deceive, seduce and undermine...

Politics/Jim Palombo

Michaela MacPherson illustration *** A Crisis of Identity   by James Palombo Politics Editor I’ve certainly spoken to this theme in previous Ragazine articles. But given my recent trip to Italy and the conversations that followed while there, I think it bears...

Allen Forrest/According to Mae: “The Election”

  About Allen Forrest: Cartoonist/Illustrator. Born in Canada and bred in the U.S., Allen Forrest has worked in many mediums: computer graphics, theater, digital music, film, video, drawing and painting. You can read more about him in About...

Henry A. Giroux/Commentary

    Gangster capitalism and nostalgic authoritarianism in Trump’s America   In one year, the Trump regime has wrought immense damage to democracy, culture and thought. But there’s new hope.   by Henry A. Giroux Contributing Editor Just one year into the...

Henry Giroux/Commentary

  Democracy on life support: Donald Trump’s first anniversary   by Henry A. Giroux Donald Trump was elected president of the United States a year ago today. His ascendancy in American politics has made visible a culture of cruelty, a contempt for civic...