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The Invisible Threads of Gender, Race, and Slavery

April 13, 2017June 22, 2017 Sasha Turner Black women, Gender, slave trade, slavery

On March 24, 2017 the United Nations commemorated its ten-year anniversary for the International Day of Remembrance honoring the Victims

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Zadie Smith and Multiculturalism after Brexit

April 11, 2017April 14, 2017 Merve Fejzula culture, Donald Trump, Literary studies, London

Perhaps more than other forms of criticism, outsiders often imagine literary criticism to be free from the vagaries of the

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Local Authority in the Future of Voting Rights

April 10, 2017April 14, 2017 William Sturkey Civil Rights Movement

During the 1940s and 1950s, a Mississippi Circuit Clerk named Luther Cox gained notoriety for asking potential black voter registration

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The Third World Women’s Alliance, Cuba, and the Exchange of Ideas

April 7, 2017April 10, 2017 Ashley Farmer Activism, Black women, Caribbean, Cuba, Gender, Third World Women’s Alliance

Since President Obama reestablished diplomatic relations in December 2014 there has been a spike in American travel and interest in Cuba. Increased

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The Critique of Racial Liberalism: An Interview with Charles W. Mills

April 3, 2017December 30, 2017 Neil Roberts #raceandphilosophy, Philosophy, Racial Capitalism, Trumpism

This month I interviewed Charles W. Mills about his new book, Black Rights/White Wrongs: The Critique of Racial Liberalism. Mills is

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