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Donald Trump holds a roundtable meeting with the Republican Leadership Initiative in New York, Aug. 25, 2016. Dr. Ben Carson is seated next to Trump at center. Source: Grandmother Africa.

The Critique of Racial Liberalism: An Interview with Charles W. Mills

April 3, 2017December 30, 2017 Neil Roberts #raceandphilosophy, Philosophy, Racial Capitalism, Trumpism

This month I interviewed Charles W. Mills about his new book, Black Rights/White Wrongs: The Critique of Racial Liberalism. Mills is

The History of Black Evangelicals and American Politics

March 30, 2017April 1, 2017 Mary Beth Mathews Black Leaders, religion

During the 2016 presidential election cycle, pundits and pollsters discussed the “evangelical” vote and whether the Republican candidate—a twice-divorced casino

Howard University and the Dream Sequence

March 23, 2017March 27, 2017 Josh Myers black politics, black radical tradition, freedom

The idea of “the Dream Sequence” was introduced to me by Howard alum and former professor Acklyn Lynch, a figure

Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., joins the CBC Political Action Committee in endorsing Hillary Clinton. Feb. 11, 2016. Photo: J. Scott Applewhite/AP.

The Congressional Black Caucus and the Dilemmas of Progressive Politics

March 20, 2017March 24, 2017 Austin McCoy black politics, black protest, Politics

President Donald Trump’s request for White House correspondent April Ryan to “set up” a meeting with the Congressional Black Caucus

Gathering on the Champs Elysées, May 8, 1945. Photo: Le Ministère de la Défense.

From Concentration Camps to the Senate: Black Women in the French Resistance

March 13, 2017March 16, 2017 Annette Joseph-Gabriel Anticolonialism, Black women, France, Resistance

The role that over a million African soldiers played in World War II has garnered interest in recent years. Calls for countries