Economics - AAIHS

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

On Thursday, February 9, President Trump instituted new executive actions, which affirmed his campaign vows to emphasize “law and order.”

Historically, the business of black undertaking has been framed as a male success story—focusing on narratives of lone freedmen with

This post is part of my blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History

One of the most visible environmental justice fights this year, among countless others like Flint’s ongoing water crisis, is in