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Welfare Reform Syllabus

August 24, 2016August 22, 2016 Guest Poster poverty

This syllabus was originally published on the website of the Anna Julia Cooper Center and is reprinted here with permission.

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The Black Intellectual Tradition and the Myth of Objectivity

August 13, 2016August 12, 2016 Brandon Byrd Manning Marable, W.E.B. Du Bois

By 1899, W.E.B. Du Bois had accomplished more than most people could accomplish in several lifetimes. One bachelor’s degree from

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Keith Cooper: The Stigma of Black Criminality on an (Almost) Exonerated Man

August 11, 2016August 11, 2016 Jack Heller criminal justice system

In January 1997, police officers in Elkhart, Indiana arrested Keith Cooper for a purse snatching because he fit the general

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Lessons in Law and Order Politics

August 9, 2016July 12, 2017 Dan Berger criminal justice system, democracy

While many commentators have juxtaposed the bizarre hilarity of the Republican National Convention to the carefully crafted Democratic National Convention,

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Global 2016 and the Radical Imagination

July 20, 2016July 17, 2016 Russell Rickford #BlackLivesMatter, police brutality, police violence

“We have a duty to fight for our freedom. We have a duty to win.” – Assata Shakur Watching the

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