Crash Course: Ignorance and democracy: Capitalism's long war against higher education

Dozens of colleges, are ditching the liberal arts. That's a good way to kill off democracy [View in browser](~/AASU4wA~/RgRn2VJKP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvMXZmam1sM3ZzbS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPWN6aHJwNDQxdnpXA3NwY0IKZe9OzfZlQJo92FIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) Your daily update from [Salon](~/AASU4wA~/RgRn2VJKP0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvZWhuam43Y2ttdC8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPWN6aHJwNDQxdnombGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZe9OzfZlQJo92FIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo). ~/AASU4wA~/RgRn2VJKP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvMWNtZTBmc3NlZi8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPWN6aHJwNDQxdnpXA3NwY0IKZe9OzfZlQJo92FIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo~/AASU4wA~/RgRn2VJKP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvcWZ3YXZwMTB3NC8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPWN6aHJwNDQxdnpXA3NwY0IKZe9OzfZlQJo92FIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo~/AASU4wA~/RgRn2VJKP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvbnEwc2JiYXg3dy8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPWN6aHJwNDQxdnpXA3NwY0IKZe9OzfZlQJo92FIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo~/AASU4wA~/RgRn2VJKP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvajQ3MTl6M3BwdS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPWN6aHJwNDQxdnpXA3NwY0IKZe9OzfZlQJo92FIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo~/AASU4wA~/RgRn2VJKP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsveHQ1aWFjMTZmMi8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPWN6aHJwNDQxdnpXA3NwY0IKZe9OzfZlQJo92FIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo Ignorance and democracy: Capitalism's long war against higher education From David Masciotra: Right-wing governors and legislatures in many states, including Florida, Texas and Tennessee, have attempted to strip-mine universities, often by eliminating diversity, equity and Inclusion programs, prohibiting instruction in topics related to race and gender, and even [threatening to deny loans](~/AASU4wA~/RgRn2VJKP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvMDh0b2R5a3JjOC8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPWN6aHJwNDQxdnpXA3NwY0IKZe9OzfZlQJo92FIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) to students who want to major in an “impractical” discipline. 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