Fire Suppression, the Carceral State, and Black Ecological Knowledge
As I write, major wildfires burn in the state of California. A mixture of droughts, human-altered landscapes, dense vegetation, and
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Race
Black Radical Activists and the Dangers of the Police State
During recent anti-police brutality protests and marches across the United States, American police forces have displayed the very behavior that
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The Contours of Black Studies in American Public Schools
Jonathan Zimmerman, a historian of education at the University of Pennsylvania, recently published an op-ed in the Washington Post about
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Keepin’ It Real in Contemporary Conversations on Race
Elwood David Watson’s Keepin’ It Real: Essays on Race in Contemporary America is a collection of essays analyzing tumultuous racial politics
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“Report from the Bahamas”: The Legacies of Colonialism and White Supremacy
*This post is part of our series on Black Ecologies edited by Justin Hosbey, Leah Kaplan, & J.T. Roane. Thirty-eight years
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