Attending one of America’s great historically Black colleges and universities changed my life. A new book shows that these institutions remain radically underfunded and academically underestimated.
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Posted inSeptember/October 2023
How Social Justice Activists Lost the Plot
The leftist writer Fredrik DeBoer’s new book is an entreaty to white, college-educated progressives: Stop obsessing over identity and language and start fighting for working people.
Posted inPolitics
Make Republicans Pay a Higher Price for Anti-Hispanic Racism
Democrats have been urged only to talk about pocketbook issues with Hispanic voters. But that advice is incomplete and shortsighted.
Posted inFeatured, Political Animal, Politics
The Civil Rights Leader Who Thinks America Is “In Many Ways Worse Off Than It Was Then”
Andrew Young talks about voting rights, the Iranian revolution, January’s Capitol insurrection, Martin Luther King … and staying hopeful.
Posted inFeatured, Politics
The Eight Things Trump Reveals About America
From the resilience of racism to the politicization of institutions, the nation has problems that will last beyond this president.
Posted inFeatured, Political Animal, Politics
The 1996 Black Lesbian Film That Became Essential Viewing for 2020
Cheryl Dunye’s arthouse classic The Watermelon Woman teaches Hollywood some important lessons.
Posted inFeatured, Political Animal, Politics
Why Biden Should Pick Kamala Harris for VP
She can not only help him win—she can advance the anti-racism agenda.
Posted inPolitical Animal
If Andrew Gillum Makes History, One Floridian Won’t Be There to See It
If Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum defeats Rep. Ron DeSantis to become Florida’s next Governor on November 6, it will be an embarrassing defeat for Donald Trump and the Fox News fiends supporting the Republican’s campaign. It will be a tremendous victory for Sen. Bernie Sanders and those who have persuasively argued that the Democratic Party […]
Posted inPolitical Animal
And the Newest Member of Trump’s Fan Club Is…
So there was Kellyanne Conway making a fool of herself as usual on CNN this morning, smearing James Comey and feigning outrage when Dana Bash brought up the fact that Conway’s husband, attorney George Conway, doesn’t seem to like Trump all that much. Most rational-thinking Americans regard Conway as a joke. What about those who […]
Posted inPolitical Animal
Black Voters in Alabama: ‘We Can Smell the Rain Coming’
What we can learn from the grassroots efforts to mobilize African American voters in Alabama.
