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This blog was originally a talk I created for a talk at the University of Virginia in 2012. I recently stumbled across it and I thought I would publish it here as I am currently teaching a class on Black …
Olivia Pope as a Potential Lens for Thinking About Black Women’s Politics Read more »
Last night a a number of past and present colleagues began discussing the pro’s and con’s of the already infamous “new student letter” sent out to the University of Chicago’s incoming class yesterday about trigger warnings. In the letter Dean …
Thoughts on the UChicago Trigger Warning Letter from a ‘Chicago Ph.D. Read more »
Last night Chicago activists shut down the Trump rally scheduled at the UIC Pavillion. It was a stunning example of coordinated activist work that will hopefully provide a successful template in cities to come. But as I’ve written before, while …
Want to Support Trump Protesters But Can’t Get Out Into The Streets? Read This. Read more »