Chris Crews, Author at Public Seminar

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Death by Omission

Power and Politics in the Amazon

September 25, 2019 • by Chris Crews

Celebrity Distractions Shellenberger begins by attacking public celebrities who shared photos that were either not from the Amazon or actually dated back to years earlier: “Celebrities, environmentalists, and political leaders blame Brazilian president, Jair Bolsonaro, for destroying the world’s largest rainforest, the Amazon, which they say is the “lungs of the world.” Singers and ...

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What to Do After the Election?

Moving Forward Under a Trump Presidency

November 11, 2016 • by Chris Crews

The weather in New York on the morning of November 9th was gloomy, just like the political mood. Despite numerous reassurances to the contrary, many people’s worst nightmare had just come true. Donald Trump would soon be President. It was as if the entire world had somehow come unraveled overnight. ...

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Revolutionary Clintonomics: Growth, Growth, Growth

July 15, 2015 • by Chris Crews

Hillary Clinton unveils economic plan at the New School, heterodox economics out to lunch. If you missed Hillary Clinton's big unveiling of her new economic plan at The New School recently, don't feel bad. So did most of The New School community, which was kept in the dark until shortly before ...

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A Crowd of Whites, A Sea of Blue

A Report from Cleveland

December 31, 2014 • by Chris Crews

This past week hundreds of residents gathered in downtown Cleveland for a “Sea of Blue” rally to show support for police officers and law enforcement official across the nation. The rally, held in Public Square in response to the recent shooting of two NYPD officers and to counter ...

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Rebooting RoboCop

Comparing 2014 with 1987

February 24, 2014 • by Chris Crews

As someone who grew up with Paul Verhoeven's original 1987 RoboCop, I can't help but feel the dystopic and critical social commentary of the movie was lost in its reboot. What was once a critical and distopic film exploring the dangers of unchecked corporate power has become a soft endorsement ...

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The Once and Future Pope

How an imaginary 3rd Vatican Council report sparked public debate

January 8, 2014 • by Chris Crews

Tears were welling up in my eyes as I finished reading the story. One of my old friends said he almost fell out of his breakfast nook from shock. Posts about the story have 10k+ shares on Facebook. People everywhere are either "liking" it or condemning it as an <a ...

Chris Crews

Death by Omission

Power and Politics in the Amazon

Revolutionary Clintonomics: Growth, Growth, Growth

Rebooting RoboCop

Comparing 2014 with 1987

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