Month: April 2016

The Unsettling Yet Unsurprising Appeal of Donald Trump: A (Destructive) Third Reconstruction?

The Unsettling Yet Unsurprising Appeal of Donald Trump: A (Destructive) Third Reconstruction?

April 6, 2016

—Ralph Young
In some ways what is happening in the Republican Party in 2016 can be seen as another example of the types of political metamorphosis that has occurred many times in the American party system. But in some way it parallels a different historical trend: the white backlash during the Reconstruction Era.

Unnatural disasters and environmental injustice

Unnatural disasters and environmental injustice

—Christine A. Klein and Sandra B. Zellmer
The recent tragedy involving toxic, lead-laced tap water in Flint, Michigan highlights the growing gulf between rich and poor, and majority and minority communities.

Reflections on religion and the Civil Rights Movement

Reflections on religion and the Civil Rights Movement

April 5, 2016

—Carolyn Dupont
Racial inequality continues to plague the United States, and most popular civil rights history mythologizes it in ways that hinder the full realization of the movement’s goals.