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Global 2016 and the Radical Imagination

“We have a duty to fight for our freedom. We have a duty to win.” – Assata Shakur Watching the

This month, I interviewed Crystal R. Sanders about her new book, A Chance for Change: Head Start and Mississippi’s Black

Think the current controversy over “black lives matter” is new? African American activists wrestled with the question almost 200 years

“Don’t you see no connection between atom-bomb-dropping in Japan and shin-kicking in Virginia?” asked Simple. “No direct connection,” I said.

Sandra Bland died one year ago today, July 13, 2015. As we remember Bland’s death, we also commemorate her life.