Black radicals read the Declaration of Independence.
In the first years of the war, it was more than coincidental that the frontline fighters were disproportionately Black. Still, the Pentagon was willing to tolerate Black soldiers only inasmuch as they forswore cultural expressions of Blackness.
Building on the legacy of Black-owned bookstores, Charis Books, Red Emma’s, and other booksellers serve as intellectual and cultural hubs during rising authoritarianism. Under Trump’s authoritarian regime, radical bookstores continue to be attacked.
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The capital has for most of its history been a largely-to-mostly-Black city run by open racists. This takeover by white federal officials is something many in the Black community have been anticipating for decades. There’s even a name for it-The Plan
Mamdani’s agenda will face serious obstacles. A massive wave of new voters doesn’t just carry you into office. It shifts the landscape, it creates political capital that can be turned toward other ends; changes political calculations for others...
Joshua D. Rothman reviews Zaakir Tameez’s biography “Charles Sumner: Conscience of a Nation.”
Manisha Sinha’s history of Reconstruction sheds fresh light on the period that fleetingly opened a door to a different America.
It is this – and so much more – that makes theirs a truly American story.
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