The NBA, Civil Rights, and Political Activism in Sports
We are only days from the opening tip of the 2016-2017 NBA season. Many fans are looking forward to watching
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Managed Democracy and the Illusion of Politics
Now that another sordid election cycle is almost behind us, the pundit class has begun to issue the customary pleas
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You Can’t Eat Freedom: A New Book on Rural South Activism after the Civil Rights Movement
This post is part of a recurring blog series I am editing, which announces the release of selected new works in
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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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This Vast Southern Empire: A New Book on Slaveholders and U.S. Foreign Policy
This post is part of a new and recurring blog series I am editing, which announces the release of selected new
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