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2 weeks ago | 
latinonewsnetwork.com | Megan Thiele Strong
The president is granting refugee status to white South Africans. Meanwhile, he is issuing travel bans, unsure about his duty to uphold due process, fighting birthright citizenship, and backing massive human rights breaches against people of color, including deporting citizens and people authorized to be here.
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2 months ago | 
alternet.org | Megan Thiele Strong
Global trade systems are not free, nor are they neutral. They were built to facilitate capital transfer and to transfer wealth upward—benefiting the rich while harming workers worldwide. This arrangement can feel too big, too abstract, and too disconnected from our experience. For these reasons, and as a sociologist across decades and schools, I have facilitated this race to the bottom activity to help students understand the problems inherent to our complex global reality.
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2 months ago | 
commondreams.org | Megan Thiele Strong
Global trade systems are not free, nor are they neutral. They were built to facilitate capital transfer and to transfer wealth upward—benefiting the rich while harming workers worldwide. This arrangement can feel too big, too abstract, and too disconnected from our experience. For these reasons, and as a sociologist across decades and schools, I have facilitated this activity to help students understand the problems inherent to our complex global reality.
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Mar 27, 2025 | 
thebrunswicknews.com | Megan Thiele Strong
As we careen forward, an essential food for thought is an awareness of the global and historical perspectives that underscore how our current leaders' strategies align with a playbook for the final chapter of previous global powers.
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Mar 27, 2025 | 
arcamax.com | Megan Thiele Strong
The Department of Government Efficiency, DOGE, led by an unelected billionaire and supported by the Donald Trump administration, continues its bulldozer approach to our federal government. As we careen forward, an essential food for thought is an awareness of the global and historical perspectives that underscore how our current leaders' strategies align with a playbook for the final chapter of previous global powers.
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Mar 27, 2025 | 
tncontentexchange.com | Megan Thiele Strong
The Department of Government Efficiency, DOGE, led by an unelected billionaire and supported by the Donald Trump administration, continues its bulldozer approach to our federal government. As we careen forward, an essential food for thought is an awareness of the global and historical perspectives that underscore how our current leaders' strategies align with a playbook for the final chapter of previous global powers.
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Mar 23, 2025 | 
thefulcrum.us | Megan Thiele Strong
The Department of Government Efficiency, DOGE, led by an unelected billionaire and supported by the Donald Trump administration, continues its bulldozer approach to our federal government. As we careen forward, an essential food for thought is an awareness of the global and historical perspectives that underscore how our current leaders' strategies align with a playbook for the final chapter of previous global powers.
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Jan 2, 2025 | 
buzzfeed.com | Megan Thiele Strong
Work & Money·Posted on Jan 3, 2025"Even though men were in charge, without women, there would be no money coming in the doors." When I first applied for a job in the adult entertainment industry, I was two states and hundreds of miles away from my hometown. As I sat there, waiting to be interviewed, one of my sister’s childhood athletic coaches walked in. Once hired, seeing men I recognized from outside the club as customers was not uncommon.
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Dec 28, 2024 | 
laprogressive.com | Megan Thiele Strong
Early this month Luigi Mangione, 26, University of Pennsylvania graduate, allegedly gunned down CEO of UnitedHealthcare, Brian Thompson, 50. The public response has been varied, with many supporting Mangione. Some fear the positive regard of Mangione is indicative of a shift into a new era where violence is glorified and humanity is lost. As a sociology professor who teaches Poverty, Wealth, and Privilege, I disagree.
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Nov 21, 2024 | 
star-telegram.com | Megan Thiele Strong
There’s a reason 75% of the ultra-wealthy’s political contributions went to Donald Trump this year. USA Today Network file photos Billionaires were all over the 2024 U.S. presidential election. Kansas businessman Charles Koch’s super PAC more than tripled its donations to Donald Trump’s campaign — despite his supposed lamentations in 2020 about having spread partisanship in our politics.
