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Rebuilding the Robesonian Labor Movement

September 10, 2016September 10, 2016 Russell Rickford black lives matter, poverty

This post is an amended version of a speech delivered at the Tompkins County Workers Center’s Labor Day Picnic at

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The Surprising Role of Race in the History of Gubernatorial Impeachment

August 31, 2016August 31, 2016 Patrick Rael reconstruction

Once again, Maine Governor Paul LePage is in trouble, and race is at the heart of the matter.  The Governor’s

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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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