A new Dutch documentary, released earlier this month, called “The Dubious Friends of Donald Trump,” attempts to provide context for the allegations surrounding Trump’s Russian ties by investigating the president’s financial history and previous connections. In examining Trump’s business partners, the filmmakers encounter the Russian mafia, including business and personal connections to oligarchs in Russia. The documentary takes a close … Continued


with Dr. Ibram X. Kendi, an assistant professor of African American History at the University of Florida. Discusses his latest book, Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America. In this deeply researched and fast-moving narrative, Kendi chronicles the entire story of anti-Black racist ideas and their staggering power over the course … Continued


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James Baldwin: I Am Not Your Negro

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In 1979, James Baldwin wrote a letter to his literary agent describing his next project, Remember This House. The book was to be a revolutionary, personal account of the lives and successive assassinations of three of his close friends—Medgar Evers, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr. At the the time of Baldwin’s death in … Continued


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The Normalization of White Nationalism and the Risk Associated With It (encore)

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The escalating threat of white nationalist movement is upon us. Be it a singular racist remark about immigrants on social media, a pro-Trump rally in Berkeley Ca spearheaded by Nazi sympathizers, or the implementation of exclusionary policies that grossly impact America’s poorest and most disenfranchised communities.The current political ideology of nativism (lead by Donald Trump, … Continued