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University of Baltimore law professor Daniel Hatcher argued that the U.S. justice system commodifies the poor and children. Red Emma’s Bookstore in Baltimore hosted this event.

Columbia University professor Bettina Love argued that policy changes in education under the guise of reform and choice have harmed Black children. Red Emma’s Bookstore in Baltimore hosted t…

University of Warwick historian Benjamin Smith talked about the 100-year history of the Mexican drug trade and the role that the U.S. and Mexican governments played in shaping it. This event…

Johns Hopkins University Professor Stuart Schrader talked about his book, Badges without Borders: How Global Counterinsurgency Transformed American Policing, on how policing in the U.S. has …

Brent Cebul, one of the editors of Shaped by the State: Toward a New Political History of the Twentieth Century, talked with N.D.B. Connolly, and Stuart Schrader, two of the contributors to …

Rutgers professor Brittany Cooper examined the power of what she calls eloquent rage and how it can be harnessed as a resource to bring about political change.

Ward Churchill talked about Wielding Words Like Weapons, his book of essays on Native American history and activism.

Labor reporter Steve Early talked about his book, Refinery Town: Big Oil, Big Money, and the Remaking of an American City, about the city of Richmond, California, and the efforts by its citi…

Gerald Horne discusses Paul Robeson: The Artist as Revolutionary, his biography of actor, singer, and activist, Paul Robeson. He also spoke about his book Confronting Black Jacobins: The U.S…

John Nichols and Robert McChesney talked about their book, People Get Ready: The Fight Against a Jobless Economy and a Citizenless Democracy, about the impact of the tech revolution on the A…

Alison Bass talked about her book Getting Screwed: Sex Workers and the Law, in which she looks at sex workers and their interactions with the law. Professor Bass argued that current laws hur…

Johann Hari talked his book, Chasing the Scream: The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs, about the 100-year war on drugs around the world and the changes being made today. He spent thre…

Cory Doctorow talked about his book, Information Doesn’t Want to Be Free: Laws for the Internet Age, about the clash between copyright laws and creative industries around the world.

Norman Finkelstein, author of Old Wine, Broken Bottle: Ari Shavit’s Promised Land, talked about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and provided a critique of the Israeli government’s actions. …

Journalist John Ross talked about life and politics in Mexico City, where he has lived since 1985. He also talked about the Zapatista rebellion in Chiapas, the Iraq War, the Israel-Palestine…