Eddie Glaude Jr. reflects on the central tension in American life today.
Eddie S. Glaude Jr.
Glaude's new book is We Are the Leaders We Have Been Looking For. He is the James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor at Princeton University, and also the author of Democracy in Black: How Race Still Enslaves the American Soul and the New York Times bestselling Begin Again: James Baldwin's America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own
Too many Americans continue to find comfort and safety in the idea that this country belongs only to white people
"It requires a tricky magic to transform DEI into the latest bogeyman and the reason for the rise of antisemitism on college campuses," writes Eddie Glaude Jr.
The Derek Chauvin verdict for the murder of George Floyd is a relief, but the ghosts of people who died at the hands of police haunt us.
After the U.S. Capitol attacks just impeaching Donald Trump won't get us very far. We must instead all work against white supremacism.
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Biden must understand that we have to figure out how to be together differently after the horror of COVID-19 and the madness of Trumpism.
James Baldwin's work teaches us about the missed opportunities of the past. We can't afford to fail this time.
Watching the video of George Floyd's death made Eddie Glaude Jr. weep. He writes about the urgent need for a new America.
'Don't let the loud bigots distract you.' Eddie S. Glaude, Jr., writes about how American immigration attitudes intersect with racism.
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