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University of North Carolina Press
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The Pain Is the Point: On the Violent Realities of Capitalist Sport
In 2022, critical sports scholar Chen Chen uncovered a staggering statistic: The three leading academic journals in sports management (Journal of Sport Management, Sport Management Review, and European Sport Management Quarterly), with over 74 years of combined history between them, had published a grand total of 14 articles that mentioned the word “capitalism” more than…
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Lori A. Flores on “Awaiting their Feast”
You probably remember the picture of himself, both thumbs up, that Donald Trump posted on social media with the caption, “Best Taco Bowl.” It was his ode to Mexican food on Cinco de Mayo 2016. The picture was mocked relentlessly, and deservedly so. For Latinos, taco bowls aren’t really a thing. And even if they…
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Excavating New Archives of the Enslaved
Three new books on how Africans shaped the Americas grapple with the politics of archival interpretation in constructing the histories of slavery and empire.
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“I Am the Face of AIDS”: Ryan White and the Politics of Innocence in the History of HIV/AIDS
Ryan White helped challenge existing understandings of the 1980s–1990s AIDS epidemic. But his story also reinforced artificial and arbitrary divisions between the guilty and the innocent.
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Sarah McNamara on “Ybor City: Crucible of the Latina South”
Sarah McNamara’s new book Ybor City: Crucible of the Latina South is a deeply personal history of the Florida city where she grew up. In this episode of Writing Latinos, we talk about her Cuban grandmother, the family storyteller and archivist of Ybor City’s Latino community. When McNamara was a little girl, her grandma brought…
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Cecilia Márquez on “Making the Latino South”
“Using non-Black as opposed to white is acknowledging that Latinos can be both nonwhite and benefit profoundly from white supremacy.”
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D.A.R.E. Is More Than Just Antidrug Education—It Is Police Propaganda
DARE lost its once hegemonic influence over drug education, but it had long-lasting effects on American policing, politics, and culture.
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Counter-Plantation Nation
The language and culture of Kreyòl, as well as the Vodou religion, reveal a vision of Haitian sovereignty on behalf of those formerly enslaved.
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Tracing Women: Haitian and Black Cuban Women Archivists
“On the roadside, in homes, or at the marketplaces, Haitian women studied women’s history, culture, and politics—all without formal education.”
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How to Be a Prophet?
The US Religious Right wins elections, but advances nationalism and white supremacy. Why, then, should the Religious Left seek to emulate them?
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“There’s No There There”: Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor on the Future of the Left
“We don’t have a party. That doesn’t mean we need one big organization. We may need a few big organizations. But we need organizations!”
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Who’s Afraid of Antiracism?
By France’s twisted logic, acknowledging race equals attacking the Republic.
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Public Picks 2020
Each year around this time we send our readers into summer with a thoughtfully curated list of the titles appearing over the past 12 months that dazzled, moved, and challenged us most.
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The False Hopes of Homeownership
The American Dream of private home ownership has fueled a system that preys on Black people for profit.
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And Cuba Shall Lead Them
In an era when, history textbooks contend, the United States lurched to the right, Gus Newport presided over an unapologetically leftist government in the San Francisco Bay Area. If the region has a progressive reputation today, it is because people like Newport fought to make it so. As mayor of Berkeley from 1979 to 1986,…
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Black Women Leaders, Then and Now
In August 1966, Ebony magazine published an entire issue devoted to “The Negro Woman.” In it was an article by television personality and journalist …
