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Demystifying the 13th Amendment and Its Impact on Mass Incarceration

December 9, 2016December 8, 2016 Patrick Rael 13th Amendment, emancipation, mass incarceration

We’re learning a lot these days about the historical roots of mass incarceration. Michelle Alexander’s wildly successful book, The New

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The American Revolution, Race, and the Failed Beginning of a Nation

December 7, 2016December 6, 2016 Chernoh Sesay Jr. Donald Trump, emancipation, law, racism, slavery

Although forms of systemic racism had certainly not gone away prior to Donald Trump’s election, that so many Americans voted

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Can’t Feel the Bern!: Bernie Sanders, Mythmaking, and Identity Politics

December 7, 2016December 8, 2016 Shannon King Bernie Sanders, diversity

During the Democratic primaries, I preferred Bernie Sanders to Hillary R. Clinton but could never really “feel the Bern.” Sanders’

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Crossover, Convergence, and the Cultural Politics of Black Comics

December 6, 2016December 4, 2016 André Carrington #comicsandrace, comic books

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

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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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