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Prewar Citizen Complaints to Government Explored in ‘This is Not Civil Rights’

By Guest PostNovember 3, 2012Politicsamericans, chicago press, civil liberties unit, civil rights law, civil rights movement, constitution, free speech, george lovell, gravity, Great depression, justice department, minority rights, national archives, political participation, political science, political spectrum, Politics, protect rights, rights talk, rights violations, roosevelt administration, supreme court, topic, university, us politics, uw today, White House, world war

George Lovell, UW associate professor of political science, is the author of “This Is Not Civil Rights: Discovering Rights Talk in 1939 America,” published in October by University of Chicago Press. He answered a few questions about his book for UW Today.

What is the basic concept behind “This is Not Civil Rights”?

The book examines more than 1,000 citizen complaint letters regarding rights from the late years of the Great Depression along with replies written by federal government officials. Looking at what people complained about, and how they tried to justify their claims, reveals how popular understandings of rights and the role of government develop over time. (more…)

‘Nightmare’ Economy Still a Source of Restless Nights, says Krugman

By Guest PostNovember 11, 2010Economyben bernacke, China, columnist, economist, Economy, federal reserve, global markets, Great depression, japan worriers, japanese economy, martin luther king, microeconomic, new york times, nobel prize, obama administration, paul krugman, richard c levin, sprague hall, united states

Paul Krugman. Image credit: Yale University

Nobel Prize-winning economist and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman had some generally dismal news for the near capacity audience that came to Sprague Hall on Tuesday for his Jackson Institute-sponsored town hall meeting.

The gathering, aimed at undergraduates, was held in conjunction with Krugman’s visit to Yale to receive the Henry E. Howland Memorial Prize, one of the highest honors that the University bestows.

Krugman was introduced by President Richard C. Levin; the two were briefly colleagues in Yale’s Department of Economics in the 1970s. He kicked off the Q&A with background on the current economic situation. (more…)

This hypocrisy

By ShamsSeptember 24, 20081 commentEconomyGreat depression, hypocrisy

This hypocrisy to rescue top and big corporations for their faults to the ultimate collapse or being close to the ‘Great Depression’ scenario by injecting $700 billion into the tunnel is now probably on the U-turn. FBI started to probe for possible corporate frauds intentionally done by some of the biggest companies in U.S, Reuters report.

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Prewar Citizen Complaints to Government Explored in ‘This is Not Civil Rights’

‘Nightmare’ Economy Still a Source of Restless Nights, says Krugman

This hypocrisy