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Black Banks and the Racial Wealth Gap

December 5, 2017December 21, 2017 Guy Emerson Mount capitalism, economic justice

When I first heard about the “#BankBlack movement” I knew I smelled a rat. So I wrote about it. After reading Mehrsa

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The Communist Party’s Role in the British Anti-Racist Movement

December 4, 2017December 8, 2017 Evan Smith Activism, Blacks in Britain, capitalism, Communism

My new book British Communism and the Politics of Race uncovers the prominent anti-racist role that the Communist Party of

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A Discourse on Race and Inequality in the United States

November 30, 2017December 4, 2017 Kasturi "Rumu" DasGupta economic justice, prisons, Race and Economic History, segregation, slavery

This post is part of our online forum on Race, Property, and Economic History. The U.S. Census Bureau reported in early September (2017) that

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The Rise of Green Spaces in Inner Cities

November 29, 2017December 4, 2017 C.N.E. Corbin environment, gentrification, Race and Economic History, racism, segregation

This post is part of our online forum on Race, Property, and Economic History. The double entendre “dark city” has often conveyed and conceptualized

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How Gentrification and Displacement Are Remaking Boston

November 28, 2017December 2, 2017 Zebulon Miletsky and Tomas Gonzalez Boston, gentrification, Race and Economic History, segregation

This post is part of our online forum on Race, Property, and Economic History. Ask anyone in Boston, “what’s going on in Roxbury?”

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