From Duvalier to Trump: Authoritarian Rule and Transfers of Power
My PTSD seems to be back. I can scarcely watch the news. In the day, I easily spent five to
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Donald Trump
From Ahuehuetitla to Brooklyn: Life under Trump and COVID-19
Editor’s note: This essay is part of our two-week blog series, featuring eight autoethnographies from students at Brooklyn College. Read
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Race in Contemporary America: An Interview with Historian Elwood Watson
In today’s post, senior editor Tyler D. Parry interviews Elwood Watson about his new book, Keepin’ It Real: Essays on Race in
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New Attacks, New Resistance, and an Old Alliance Against the New Confederacy
The latest round of attacks by the openly white supremacist Trump government against indigenous people — and their resistance — is at
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Cardi B. and Black Women’s Political Discourse
In January 2019, rapper Belcalis Almánzar, popularly known as Cardi B., took to social media to condemn President Trump for
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