On Black Friday, November 24, outdoor retailer REI will close its stores and urge customers to #OptOutside. But a historian calls this popular campaign light green environmentalism at best.
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A lot of moral outrage has been expressed lately – over Trump’s travel ban and other issues. The expression of such outrage is more than a response to perceived injustice.
Trump’s travel ban is an echo of policies passed in the United States during World War II.
REI’s ‘Opt Outside’ campaign makes a virtue of shunning Black Friday and hiking instead of shopping. But while outdoor retailers preach sustainability, they still fuel our consuming habits.
The anti-nuclear movement in the U.S. is at a critical juncture as worries over climate change grow.
The civil rights movement produced many different types of leaders. Thurgood Marshall, argued successfully before the Supreme Court that racial segregation laws violated the US Constitution. Diane Nash…
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Co-Director of the Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Bowdoin College
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Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures, Bowdoin College
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Professor of Biology, Bowdoin College
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Associate Professor of Asian Studies and English, Bowdoin College
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Associate Professor of Africana Studies and History, Bowdoin College
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Professor of Education, Bowdoin College
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President , Bowdoin College
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Professor of History and Environmental Studies, Bowdoin College
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Professor of Education, Bowdoin College
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Associate Professor of Government, Bowdoin College
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Assistant Professor of Economics, Bowdoin College
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Professor of Government, Bowdoin College
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Professor of Psychology, Bowdoin College
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Post-Doctoral Curatorial Fellow, Bowdoin College
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Sr Vice President, Dean of Admissions & Student Aid, Bowdoin College
