Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor

Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor is Hughes-Rogers Professor of African American Studies at Princeton, a contributing writer at the New Yorker, and editor-at-large at Hammer and Hope. Her latest book is Race for Profit.

Where Do We Go From Here: A Fundraiser for Black Lives

A transcript of our panel discussion on the Black Lives Matter movement.

  • Elizabeth Hinton
  • Robin D. G. Kelley
  • Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor
  • Brandon M. Terry
  • Cornel West

Against Black Homeownership

The real estate market is so structured by race that Black families will never come out ahead.

  • Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor

Succeeding While Black

Michelle Obama’s memoir reduces racial inequality to a matter of psychological impairment.

  • Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor

The Pivot to Class

King articulated an anti-capitalist analysis of the U.S.

  • Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor

The Base

With Bernie Sanders’s campaign reeling, what’s next for progressive activists?

  • Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor

From Small Victories to Larger Battles

Modest demands may crack open debates about racial inequality.

  • Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor
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