Will the New Federal Racial Profiling Guidelines Have Any Impact?
In a series of interviews with Sharmini Peries, Naomi Murakawa, the author of The First Civil Right, How Liberals Built Prison America, examines if new guidelines put forward by the Department of...
View ArticleWhat Has the Obama Era Meant for Young Black People?
As we enter the twilight of Barack Obama’s presidency, WNYC’s Arun Venugopal hosted a live conversation in The Greene Space Thursday, May 14 that asked: What has the Obama era meant for young black...
View ArticleWhat Happened in Missouri Puts the Nation on Notice
Imagine what could happen at Ohio State or UCLA or any other major university. The activists already have. What happened at the University of Missouri has sent shockwaves throughout this country: A...
View ArticleRace, Class, and the 2016 Election
The 2016 presidential election will be the first to unfold against the backdrop of the national Black Lives Matter movement. Even as the movement remains most active in local campaigns and continues...
View ArticleThe Base
In spite of Bernie Sanders’s primary win in Indiana and favored status in West Virginia, recent voting in Pennsylvania, Maryland, New York, and a handful of other states appears to confirm what has...
View ArticleHistorians on Donald Trump
Nell Irvin Painter is the emeritus Edwards Professor of American History at Princeton University. She is the author of multiple books, including "The History of White People" (2011). She is a former...
View ArticleRace, Hillary Clinton and the Legacy of Obama’s Presidency
On Wednesday night, July 27th, 2016, President Obama addressed the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia and implored the nation to vote for Hillary Clinton. As Obama seeks to pass the torch...
View ArticleHillary Clinton, Racial Justice & the Democratic Party
To discuss Hillary Clinton’s historic nomination and how the Black Lives Matter movement is reflected in the Democratic platform, we are joined by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, author of "From...
View ArticleWho Won and Who Lost in the War on Poverty?
The 50th anniversary of Lyndon Johnson's declaration of a "War on Poverty" has reignited a debate about the persistence of inequality.
View ArticleWhere Obama’s Class Speech Failed
The president claims ‘the opportunity gap in America is now as much about class as it is about race.’ Is it? The post Where Obama’s Class Speech Failed appeared first on Princeton African American...
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