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Hidden Human Computers: A New Young Adult Book on NASA’s Black Women

December 15, 2016January 2, 2017 Ibram X. Kendi black feminism, black intellectual history, Black women, teaching

This post is part of a new and recurring blog series I am editing that announces the publication of selected

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Confronting School Choice, Part I: The NAACP’s Charter Moratorium and the Backlash

December 5, 2016December 4, 2016 Lindsey E. Jones civil rights, education reform

On October 15, 2016, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) announced that its Board of Directors

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The Audacity of “Nope”: Why a Trump Presidency Is No Surprise

December 5, 2016March 17, 2017 Trimiko Melancon 2016 Presidential Election, Barack Obama, Donald Trump, W.E.B. Du Bois

After the 2008 election of Barack H. Obama, the 44th President of the United States, it became customary for some

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On Authoritarianism and Civilization

December 4, 2016December 2, 2016 Neil Roberts 2016 Presidential Election, Donald Trump, marronage

This piece was originally published on Public Seminar and is reprinted here with permission. In 1890 the young W.E.B. Du

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‘A Different Picture’: What’s Next for Luke Cage?

December 2, 2016December 1, 2016 Sam Knowles #comicsandrace, 2016 Presidential Election, Donald Trump, Luke Cage, Politics

This guest post is part of our new blog series on Comics, Race, and Society, edited by Julian Chambliss and

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