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Three comic books on the Federal Reserve’s website claim to teach students “basic economic principles and the Federal Reserve’s role in the financial system.”

What they lack, though, is an appreciation for the social, John P. Antonacci writes
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On July 12, thousands of people gathered in over 700 cities to protest the treatment of those crossing the US border asking for asylum.

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Three comic books can currently be accessed on the Federal Reserve’s website. The Fed’s website offers us a short introduction to the series, claiming that “The New York Fed’s Educational Comic Book series teaches students about basic economic principles and the Federal Reserve’s role in the financial system.”

What they lack, though, is an appreciation for the social. …

“Embeddedness” in the Federal Reserve Comic Books

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On April 29th, 2019, The New York Times published an article by Jeff Sommer reporting on the recent release of the Federal Reserve’s (Fed.) newest issue of its educational comic book. On the surface, this may seem like a noble effort on behalf of the Fed., as making economic and financial knowledg…

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Former dean of The New School for Social Research, Judith Friedlander, pays tribute to the great philosopher. …

Remembering Agnes Heller

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Agnes Heller died last Friday. She embodied philosophy and was a source of light in the dark times of the Twentieth Century and in the Twenty First until last week. Here is a note by Judith Friedlander (her friend and former Dean) to her New School for Social Research colleagues. -J.G. It is with

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“If the #EU fails, Europe will have a past but no present, and even less of a future. It will be transformed into a museum.”

An abridgment of an essay written by the late philosopher Agnes Heller on #Hungary’s growing political shift towards nationalism. …

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This is an abridgment of an essay published in Social Research, Vol. 86, No. 1, Spring 2019. Heller died last week. Here Judith Friedlander’s tribute. As the Bible (Exodus) teaches and, more recently, Hannah Arendt warns, liberation is not yet liberty. The institutions of liberty must first be c

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Moral Witness at the White House

On Wednesday June 12, Rev. Dr. William Barber II brought his campaign to D.C.

Release Mueller

Demonstrators gather in Lafayette Park calling for the release of the report

Sex, Race and Religion Flood the Streets of Washington, DC

Hundreds of protestors coincide over the Martin Luther King Jr. weekend

Women March in DC to Protest Family Separation

A photo essay documenting the activism on June 28th

Black Aesthetic/Aesthetic Black

Race, Space, and the Possibilities of Becoming

Free Speech or Free Riding?

Janus v AFSCME before the Supreme Court