Henry A. Giroux

In the aftermath of over five hundred shootings during the July 4th weekend, reports indicate that “a Texas-based company has developed vending machines

This is more than a threat to democracy; it lays the groundwork for authoritarianism, Henry A. Giroux writes.

As a new school year begins, we must resist turning schools into right-wing indoctrination centers.

What sets Israel's war on Gaza apart is not only its violent military operations, marked by the indiscriminate killing of women and children, but also its relentless assault on dissent, criticism, and even the mildest opposition to its internationally condemned human rights violations and war crimes. Israel's ongoing and brutal military campaign, coupled with its “policies of extreme inhumanity against the Palestinian people,” is inextricably linked to a state-sanctioned effort to legitimize and normalize its actions in Gaza.

Modern education has been reduced to mere job training, churning out consumers for a market-driven world.

Education is once again being ensnared by the suffocating chains of instrumentalism—a pedagogy that prioritizes rote memorization, conformity, and rigid discipline over critical thinking and creativity.

His rhetoric of violence is not mere political theatre. Updated 2 min read By Henry A. Giroux

As violence and authoritarianism erode democratic values, the urgency for resistance through critical education and collective action intensifies.

Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world." – Nelson Mandela Paulo Freire, the radical Brazilian educator, would have

For decades, neoliberalism – a predatory form of capitalism – has waged a relentless war on the welfare state, dismantled the public sphere, and eroded the common good. Disguised in the rhetoric of freedom, it elevates market logic to the status of a governing ideology, insisting that every aspect of society must conform to the demands of economic activity.