michelle alexander
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Black Books That Were Snubbed and Made ‘The New York Times’ 100 Best Books of the 21st Century
Just 25 years into the 21st century, the folks at The New York Times Book Review are recognizing some of their favorite titles.
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Take That, History-Deniers: The 1619 Project Has Already Achieved Bestseller Status Ahead of Publication
Amid an ongoing and irrational fight over Critical Race Theory, the groundbreaking anthology created by Nikole Hannah-Jones is already proving a pivotal work.
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T.I., the Central Park Five, and Ebenezer Baptist Church Kick Off Summit to End Mass Incarceration
Anyone who thinks the black church is a bygone relic with no relevance to the social justice struggles of today may need to reassess. “The church” is obviously not a monolith and is taking on everything from mental illness and HIV/AIDS to voter suppression and mass incarceration. In that vein, Rev. Raphael Warnock and the…
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Michelle Alexander Joins the New York Times Opinion Pages as Full-Time Columnist
Michelle Alexander, author of the best-selling book The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness, will become a columnist for the New York Times Opinion pages, the Times announced Thursday. The book has captured and still captures national attention, won the NAACP’s Image Award for Outstanding Nonfiction in 2011 and was a…
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New Jersey Prisons Lift Ban on Award-Winning Book The New Jim Crow
Updated Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2018, 1:15 p.m. EST: After being called out by the ACLU for banning an award-winning book about mass incarceration, New Jersey said that it has lifted the ban on Michelle Alexander’s The New Jim Crow. According to the New York Times, the state made its decision after the ACLU issued a…
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Michelle Alexander on the War on Drugs: The Color of Drug Users Got Whiter, the Nation Got Nicer [Retracted]
RETRACTED (6/12/18): This story has been removed because we have discovered it was in breach of our editorial standards. If you’d like to know more, you can read an editor’s note here. A cached version of the story is available here for transparency.
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Jeff Sessions Is the New Jim Crow
Perhaps the worst thing about America’s mistreatment of black people in this country has nothing to do with the violence inflicted against us or the centuries of historic subjugation we’ve endured. It is the constant disregard for our voices that frustrates us most. Black America is the neighbor in the horror movie who warns the…
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The Liberator: Susan Burton on the War on Drugs, Black Motherhood and Freedom [Retracted]
RETRACTED (6/12/18): This story has been removed because we have discovered it was in breach of our editorial standards. If you’d like to know more, you can read an editor’s note here. A cached version of the story is available here for transparency.