Race
To Remake the World: Slavery, Racial Capitalism, and Justice
How the history of slavery prompts us to rethink our notion of justice.
What Did Cedric Robinson Mean by Racial Capitalism?
A critique that anticipated the political currents of contemporary America.
The Souls of White Folk
What can W. E. B. Du Bois and the black radical tradition tell us about Trump’s election and radical political action today?
Trump’s Call For Dystopian Policing
Stop-and-frisk and broken-windows policing have ravaged black communities, while failing to make cities any safer.
How the Government Built a Trap for Black Youth
Throughout the twentieth century, bipartisan consensus was that black youth were latent criminals in need of abundant policing.
Whose Fear Counts?
Exonerating cops on the basis of perceived threat is central to the oppression and killing of African Americans at the hands of police.
What Does Black Lives Matter Want?
The ideas in the movement’s new manifesto would enrich our practice of democracy.
Racial Violence in Black and White
Images of violence against African Americans have a radical heritage as instruments of critique.
From “War on Crime” to War on the Black Community
The enduring impact of President Johnson’s crime commission.
Writing Human Rights and Getting It Wrong
The West likes morality plays with clear heroes and villains, in which we play the role of savior.
What the Kerner Report Got Wrong about Policing
Bad police were not simply a symptom of racism. They were often its agents.
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