Aviva Chomsky / TomDispatchMar 14, 2018
While political realism demands that battles be fought for the rights of particular groups, it’s no less important to challenge the looming narrative of immigrant criminalization. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )
By Aviva Chomsky / TomDispatchApr 26, 2017
Here's some ugly history that both former presidents would prefer we not remember. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )
By Aviva Chomsky / TomDispatchSep 15, 2016
The policies Trump is advocating are the very policies initiated by Bill Clinton in the 1990s and -- from border militarization to mass deportations -- enthusiastically promoted by Barack Obama. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )
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By Aviva Chomsky / TomDispatchMay 23, 2016
College administrators tend to shine bright lights on the politics of student protesters that can be absorbed into the system's business model, while ignoring or downplaying students' more structural or economically challenging demands. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )
By Aviva Chomsky / TomDispatchFeb 4, 2016
The Boston Globe presented its recent decision to contract out its delivery service as a clean, technical move to deliver newspapers at lower cost. But that deceptively simple task is in fact provided by some of society’s most exploited and marginalized workers, many of them immigrants and undocumented. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )
By Aviva Chomsky, TomDispatchAug 25, 2014
Pitting the humanitarian imperative to help dislocated children against the plight of American communities places victimology in the service of party politics. Both Republicans and Democrats claim the moral high ground while conveniently avoiding the political economy of the problem they lament -- and have collaborated in creating. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )
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