Fighting “Stop-and-Frisk” Policing from Rockefeller to Trump
In the latest of Donald Trump’s string of attempts to “court” black voters (clearly aimed at courting his lily-white voter
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Activism
#BrazilFreedomSchool, Anti-Black Violence, and the Rio Olympics: An Interview with Christen Smith
This month I interviewed Professor Christen Smith (@profsassy), Associate Professor of African and African Diaspora Studies and Anthropology at University
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The Fallacies of Neoliberal Protest
This post is an amended version of remarks read at a rally organized by Cornell University’s Black Students United (BSU)
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Black Journalist T. Thomas Fortune Prophetically Predicts Today’s Political Climate
Civil rights activist and journalist T. Thomas Fortune was one of the most eloquent and instrumental voices of black America
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Does Fear of Black Men Satisfy the “Objective Reasonableness” Standard?
Another video. Another police shooting. Another Black person’s body dead on an American road. Every person is innocent until proven
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