Demystifying the 13th Amendment and Its Impact on 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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Freedom as Marronage as Anti-capitalism
On December 23, 1739, Captain Quao of the Windward Maroons penned an “X” and swore a blood oath to formally
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The American Revolution, Race, and the Failed Beginning of a Nation
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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On Authoritarianism and Civilization
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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The New Black Atheists
Christianity has played a central role in African-American life from the late 18th century to the present. Black churches raised
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