“The Rent Eats First”: Fighting Gentrification in California
A recent report found that the city I call home—Long Beach, California, located on the Pacific Ocean along the southern
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Racial Capitalism
The Critique of Racial Liberalism: An Interview with Charles W. Mills
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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Towards Usable Histories of the Black Commons
Since the 1980s, policymakers have extended the market logics of risk and profit to encompass all the basic necessities for
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Blood Sugar: A New Book on Food Justice in Black America
This post is part of my blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History
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The Price for Their Pound of Flesh: A New Book on the Value of the Enslaved
This post is part of my blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History
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