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Trumpism and the Magnitude of Mass Incarceration

February 16, 2017February 18, 2017 David Stein carceral state, Donald Trump, mass incarceration, police violence

On Thursday, February 9, President Trump instituted new executive actions, which affirmed his campaign vows to emphasize “law and order.”

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Pictorial Manifestations: On a Younger Harriet Tubman

February 15, 2017February 19, 2017 Janell Hobson Harriet Tubman, Post-Civil War, slavery, Underground Railroad, Visual Culture

Few may remember the rather juvenile comments objecting to the announcement on April 20, 2016 by the Department of the

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The Love Between Langston Hughes and Gwendolyn Brooks

February 13, 2017February 17, 2017 Betsy Schlabach Chicago

In 1986, African American poet Gwendolyn Brooks wrote of her life-long friend Langston Hughes: “‘WHAT was Langston Hughes? An overwhelmer.

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Private, Public, and Vigilante Violence, Part 4

February 12, 2017February 16, 2017 Keri Leigh Merritt emancipation, mass incarceration, police brutality, police violence, white supremacy

This essay is Part Four of a four part series concerning the triumvirate of violence in slave societies. The first

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Frederick Douglass, Haiti, and Diplomacy

February 11, 2017February 15, 2017 Brandon Byrd Frederick Douglass, Haiti

Frederick Douglass was doing an amazing job and deserved more and more recognition. That idea dawned on Republican President Benjamin

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