America's Education Deficit and the War on Youth: Reform Beyond Electoral Politics
America's Education Deficit and the War on Youth: Reform Beyond Electoral Politics

Author: Henry A. Giroux

Publisher: NYU Press

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 239

ISBN-13: 1583673474

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America's latest war, according to renowned social critic Henry Giroux, is a war on youth. While this may seem counterintuitive in our youth-obsessed culture, Giroux lays bare the grim reality of how our educational, social, and economic institutions continually fail young people. Their systemic failure is the result of what Giroux identifies as ""four fundamentalisms"": market deregulation, patriotic and religious fervor, the instrumentalization of education, and the militarization of society. We see the consequences most plainly in the decaying education system: schools are increasingly desi.

We the Young Fighters
We the Young Fighters

Author: Marc Sommers

Publisher: University of Georgia Press

Published: 2023-10

Total Pages: 485

ISBN-13: 0820364762

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We the Young Fighters is at once a history of a nation, the story of a war, and the saga of downtrodden young people and three pop culture superstars. Reggae idol Bob Marley, rap legend Tupac Shakur, and the John Rambo movie character all portrayed an upside-down world, where those in the right are blamed while the powerful attack them. Their collective example found fertile ground in the West African nation of Sierra Leone, where youth were entrapped, inequality was blatant, and dissent was impossible. When warfare spotlighting diamonds, marijuana, and extreme terror began in 1991, military leaders exploited the trio's transcendent power over their young fighters and captives. Once the war expired, youth again turned to Marley for inspiration and Tupac for friendship. Thoroughly researched and accessibly written, We the Young Fighters probes terror-based warfare and how Tupac, Rambo, and-especially-Bob Marley wove their way into the fabric of alienation, resistance, and hope in Sierra Leone. The tale of pop culture heroes radicalizing warfare and shaping peacetime underscores the need to engage with alienated youth and reform predatory governments. The book ends with a framework for customizing the international response to these twin challenges.

We the People
We the People

Author: Michael P Fangman M.D.

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2012-10

Total Pages: 115

ISBN-13: 1479721948

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In WE THE PEOPLE, A DOCTOR'S HANDBOOK ., Michael P Fangman M.D. gives the United States anything but a clean bill of health. In a far reaching commentary you'll never hear on Meet the Press; medical problem-solving and common sense are compared to political patrimony in the face of dire systemic problems. The paralysis of Washington DC is exposed for what it is - Machiavellian greed and irresponsibility; flagrant denial that their broken partisan political system is threatening to kill our American way of life. He explains how leadership and accountability have been replaced in Washington DC by extremism and myopic ideology; insinuated with crony capitalism and seeking domination through polarized elections and money. We the People- who rely on DC to maintain a society where hard work should afford us our constitution's most basic goal, promotion of the "The General Welfare", are increasingly irrelevant. The arrogance of today's leadership is unprecedented and must end. But his message is one of confidence that the wisdom, productivity, ethical standards and vitality of the American people can be harnessed and must prevail over partisan political corruption and crony capitalism. In the end, the Handbook shows the reader how "WE THE PEOPLE "can empower ourselves with knowledge and unity, to exercise our Constitutional rights and reshape our own future as a team.

Hearings
Hearings

Author: United States. Congress. House

Publisher:

Published: 1935

Total Pages: 1822

ISBN-13:

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