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From the War on Poverty to the War on Crime: An Interview with Elizabeth Hinton

July 30, 2016July 30, 2016 Garrett Felber mass incarceration, policing, poverty

This month, I interviewed Professor Elizabeth Kai Hinton on her new book, The War on Poverty to the War on

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Austin Clarke and Canada’s Black Lives Matter Movement

July 26, 2016July 26, 2016 Paul Hébert black lives matter, Canada

Austin Clarke, the Barbadian-Canadian writer, died at age 81 on June 26. Clarke was one of Canada’s leading literary figures

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Are Trump’s Black Delegates Suffering from Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome?

July 21, 2016July 21, 2016 Ibram X. Kendi Donald Trump, Kenneth Clark

On June 21, 2016, I wrote a blog post entitled, “Post-Traumatic Slave Syndrome Is Racist Idea,” which elicited positive and

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Top Five in Bad Times (+ Bonus Track)

July 12, 2016July 12, 2016 Jessica Marie Johnson #BlackLivesMatter, digital media

This has been an especially difficult few weeks for those with any investment in social justice, black families and black

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Public Letter to the Chronicle : Response to Trump Syllabus 1.0

June 21, 2016July 30, 2016 Guest Poster

Over the past year, scholars have curated a number of public syllabi and reading lists, most crowdsourced through social media,

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