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How the social gospel movement explains the roots of today’s religious left

—Christopher H. Evans
The idea of “social salvation” that was critical to Walter Rauschenbusch, A.J. Muste and Martin Luther King Jr. is galvanizing the activism of a new generation of religious progressives. Can the religious left achieve the public status of the religious right and become a potent political force?
African American Studies

Say Her Name! Confronting Erasure and Rethinking Possibilities for a Democratic Future

—Stanley I. Thangaraj
The work of women of color and trans people of color often goes unrecognized in our larger world. This silence informs us about the politics of living and which bodies and lives are made to count. Their names must be said, or the very system of inequality will continue to operate and grow.
Current Events

Fear and Learning

—Glenda M. Flores
Schools are not set up to support Latina/o students, especially those with undocumented parents. Often, Latina educators have to fill resource gaps. These kinds of issues will only become more pronounced as the Latina/o population grows across the United States and as they come under attack in the Trump era.
Current Events

What the Handmaid’s Tale Reminds Us About Gender Equality

—Kara Ellerby
Despite all our ‘progress’ in women’s rights and gender equality, these same rights are still up for debate. Part of the problem is thinking that promoting some women is enough. If we fail to consider the rights of racial minorities and LGBTQ citizens and ignore class inequalities, then we fail at gender equality.
Law

Pride and Prejudice: Gay Rights, Animus, and Animus

—William D. Araiza
As we reflect on Gay Pride, and on both the accomplishments of the gay rights movement as well as the challenges that even today LGB (and especially T) people continue to face in this post-Obergefell world, it’s more important than ever to understand what “animus” means, not just on the streets, but in the courtroom.

Say Her Name! Confronting Erasure and Rethinking Possibilities for a Democratic Future

July 19, 2017 nyupressblog 0

—Stanley I. Thangaraj
The work of women of color and trans people of color often goes unrecognized in our larger world. This silence informs us about the politics of living and which bodies and lives are made to count. Their names must be said, or the very system of inequality will continue to operate and grow.

An interview with Bertin M. Louis, author of My Soul Is in Haiti

June 15, 2017 nyupressblog 0

In this interview, Bertin M. Louis discusses protestantism in the Haitian diaspora of the Bahamas and his role as a scholar-activist and cultural critic of American anti-black racism and white supremacy.

America’s water whiplash

May 16, 2017 nyupressblog 0

—Jeremy Schmidt
The Oroville Dam cannot be abandoned as it stands. Yet it is not sufficient to merely patch the problems when water’s erosive force is set to undermine the foundations of both material and myth.

Ranger Revolution

February 10, 2017 nyupressblog 0

—Kerry Mitchell
The National Park Service and the fight against alternative facts.

Sipping on the Indian haterade

February 5, 2017 nyupressblog 0

—Stanley Thangaraj
The small segments of South Asian Americans who support Trump, particularly Hindu fundamentalists and nationalists, seek wages from that relationship that will not secure rights for the rest of South Asian America, especially Muslim Americans.

Muslim Cool: The Playlist

December 16, 2016 nyupressblog 0

—Su’ad Abdul Khabeer
What does Muslim Cool sound like? What are the rhythms and rhymes that fortify and carry young Muslims forward in the work of challenging anti-Blackness and all forms of inequality?

Big Biomedicine

December 6, 2016 nyupressblog 0

—Joseph E. Davis
The time is ripe for a redirection of biomedical research funding and a larger re-balancing between reductionistic “fixing” and holistic “healing,” requiring a deeper understanding of the “old-fashioned” social and environmental determinants of health and illness and a renewed commitment to addressing them.

The 9/11 Generation: Life in the Surveillance State

December 5, 2016 nyupressblog 0

—Sunaina Marr Maira
Since the attacks of 9/11, the banner of national security has led to intense monitoring of the politics of Muslim and Arab Americans. Young people from these communities have come of age in a time when the question of political engagement is both urgent and fraught.

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How the social gospel movement explains the roots of today’s religious left

Say Her Name! Confronting Erasure and Rethinking Possibilities for a Democratic Future

Fear and Learning

What the Handmaid’s Tale Reminds Us About Gender Equality

Pride and Prejudice: Gay Rights, Animus, and Animus

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Say Her Name! Confronting Erasure and Rethinking Possibilities for a Democratic Future

An interview with Bertin M. Louis, author of My Soul Is in Haiti

America’s water whiplash

Ranger Revolution

Sipping on the Indian haterade

Muslim Cool: The Playlist

Big Biomedicine

The 9/11 Generation: Life in the Surveillance State