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From Duvalier to Trump: Authoritarian Rule and Transfers of Power

October 22, 2020October 21, 2020 Patrick D. Bellegarde-Smith Donald Trump, Trumpism

My PTSD seems to be back. I can scarcely watch the news. In the day, I easily spent five to

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Dealing with Mental Health Stigma during a Global Pandemic

October 21, 2020October 18, 2020 Areeba Zanub #Autoethnographies, #MentalHealth, class, COVID-19, Immigration, New York, pandemic, poetry, race

Editor’s note: This essay is part of our two-week blog series, featuring eight autoethnographies from students at Brooklyn College. Read

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Black Queer Women and Femmes Fight for Housing Rights in Brooklyn

October 12, 2020October 19, 2020 Emily Batiste #Autoethnographies, Activism, Black Queers, class, COVID-19, race, racism, student activism

Editor’s note: This essay is part of our two-week blog series, featuring eight autoethnographies from students at Brooklyn College. Read

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Mapping a Plan for Reparations in the Twenty-First Century

October 8, 2020October 13, 2020 Ashley Dennis capitalism, Politics, reparations

As the U.S. reckons with systemic racism in the wake of global protests over the murder of George Floyd, Breonna

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The Radical and Transnational Roots of Black History Month in Britain

October 7, 2020October 4, 2020 E. James West African Diaspora, black internationalism, black protest, civil rights

In 1926, Carter G. Woodson, historian and founder of the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History, announced

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