Irina Eremia-Bragin

Irina Eremia-Bragin is chair of the English department at Touro College, Los Angeles and author of Subterranean Towers: A Father-Daughter Story.
VANDALIZED STATUE of Christopher Columbus is seen in Miami in June.

The rise of totalitarianism in America

The difference between democracy and dictatorship dawned on me in eleventh grade.

AUGUST 22, 2020
'The online university model the Neumanns created is now being imitated all over the world.’

She taught me the meaning of ‘feminine empowerment’

Did Dr. Edith Neumann realize that she was importing those “soft” qualities once associated with “the feminine realm” to the techie world of online education?

MARCH 12, 2018
Betsy DeVos waits to be sworn-in as U.S. Education Secretary at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building at the White House in Washington, US February 7, 2017.

Why doesn’t class hatred count as hatred?

Class hatred is racial hatred’s twin sib. But to call it by its name is unacceptable in progressive circles.

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

American media need psychotherapy

"Our press risks losing its cherished status as the guardian of our democracy, and along with it democracy itself."

DECEMBER 6, 2016
‘IT IS imperative for American mainstream media – even in this economy of attention – to prioritize capturing the complex truth over chasing the simple headline.’

If Romney wins, Trump wins

If he were to say “you’re hired!” to Governor Romney, Trump would prove that he is authoritative but not authoritarian, that he has a strong ego but is not egotistical.

NOVEMBER 30, 2016
US Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney delivers foreign policy remarks in Jerusalem