Chauvin Verdict isn’t a Turning Point in Equal Justice, But it Does Suggest a New Political Norm
There was a little “post-racial America” in the air Tuesday after a jury found former…
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Beyond White Reasonable Doubt: Why I Cannot Fully Celebrate the Verdict Against [Let His Name Be Erased]
“I was dreaming when I wrote this forgive me if it goes astray” – Prince …
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What’s the Matter With Jewish Studies? Sexism, Harassment, and Neoliberalism For Starters
When our colleagues in Jewish Studies courageously publicized the systematic and decades-long sexual harassment and…
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Battle of Antisemitism Definitions is Actually a Proxy War For Criticism of Israel
Last month, a global consortium of leading scholars released the Jerusalem Declaration on Antisemitism (JDA),…
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Times’ Link of NOI With Capitol Killer is Based on Flawed Comparison Between Rightwing Christian Nationalism and Black Religious Nationalism
Here’s a quick quiz. Guess who wrote the following words: “Indeed I tremble for my…
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Have White Evangelicals Finally Lost Control of the Narrative?
Are conservative, mostly white evangelicals, finally losing control of their narrative in the public sphere,…
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Derek Chauvin’s Defense, in Keeping with a Long Racist Tradition, Seeks to Criminalize George Floyd
On the first day of the George Floyd trial, Eric Nelson, the attorney for Minneapolis…
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The Radical Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Left’s Challenge Today
A dream shared by many will finally come to fruition Sunday night when the April…
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What Connects Racism, Misogyny and Faith? Community. And That’s a Bad Thing
Since the murder of eight people at Atlanta-area spas on March 16, there’s been a…
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Republican Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith Spouts Christian Nationalism Defending Racist Voter Suppression
Christian Nationalism is like a skeleton key that can help us understand the motivations for…
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