Tag: Civil Rights

The digital arms race

Can viral videos inhibit police brutality?

Human Rights Without Humanism

Why does Foucault—an avowed anti-humanist—turn to “rights” in his later works?

It’s Not About The Donald

Trump’s popularity belies Americans’ desire for an “outsider” voice.

The Meritocratic Dilemma

We need a new way of thinking about the interplay of individualism and community.

Deflating Colorblindness

How can racial inequality coexist with the prevailing narrative of “colorblindness”?

Why Dr. King Opposed the Atomic Bomb

On the intersections of civil rights, anticolonialism, and nuclear disarmament.

Neither Freedom Fighter Nor Fanatic

How John Brown’s legacy disrupted the state’s monopoly on legitimate violence. By Ted Smith

Ferguson Syllabus

A lesson from tragedy: Why citizenship does not remedy racial inequality. A popular refrain from protesters in Ferguson. The death of Michael Brown at the hands of a Missouri police officer in Ferguson just over two weeks ago has reinvigorated a contentious national conversation about