Call for Papers: The Activist History Review’s 2018 Conference on Power
The Activist History Review invites proposals for its annual conference on June 16, 2018, organized around the theme of power.
Tag: Wealthy
Trump: A Pecuniary Barbarian in a New Gilded Age
Underserving of merit in any other way, Donald Trump’s overweening emphasis on his financial success is an effective way to establish social dominance and gain power from individuals who consider wealth the ultimate “accomplishment.”
Poverty is Synonymous with Misery
The failure engendered in poverty is a collective one. It represents our willingness to accept a world where “the affluence of the few supposes the indigence of the many”—a world where those living east of the Anacostia are condemned to destitution and misery.
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