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Brother to Brother: An Open Letter to Nate Parker

August 22, 2016August 21, 2016 Ibram X. Kendi black radical tradition, Nat Turner, rape

Dear Brother Nate: I write to you as my brother because I cannot think of anything else to call you

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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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Black Intellectuals and White Audiences

July 27, 2016July 26, 2016 Guest Poster blackness, Kenneth Clark, Ta-Nehisi Coates

This guest post was originally published on Public Books and is reprinted here with permission. The author, Matthew Clair, is

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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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An Introduction to Trump Syllabus 2.0

June 28, 2016June 28, 2016 Guest Poster Donald Trump, Politics, Trumpism

Co-authored by N.D.B. Connolly and Keisha N. Blain* On June 19th, the Chronicle of Higher Education ran a web version

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