“What’s Going On?”: Race, Brutality, and Injustice Since Rodney King
On April 2, 1939, legendary R&B and soul singer Marvin Gaye was born. Known for a body of masterpieces, his
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Trumpism and the Magnitude of Mass Incarceration
On Thursday, February 9, President Trump instituted new executive actions, which affirmed his campaign vows to emphasize “law and order.”
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Private, Public, and Vigilante Violence, Part 4
This essay is Part Four of a four part series concerning the triumvirate of violence in slave societies. The first
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Blood in the Water: An Author’s Response
This is the final day of our roundtable on Heather Ann Thompson’s book, Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison
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Power to the People: Attica and Radical Reconstruction
This is the fifth day of our roundtable on Heather Ann Thompson’s book, Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison
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