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That's What She Said Podcast with Eddie Glaude Jr.

Friday, Jun 5, 2020

Sarah Spain, ESPN

Sarah talks to Princeton professor Dr. Eddie S. Glaude Jr. about the country's response to the killing of George Floyd, the significant difference between passive and active support, and the lessons that can be learned from the #MeToo movement in the fight for racial equality.
Can You Be Black and Listen to This?

Thursday, Jun 4, 2020

Autumn Womack, Los Angeles Review of Books

I suggest that one approach would be to make a distinction between listening to black living and to black life. Listening to black living means not solely listening for what the victim or perpetrator has to say, but also attending to the entire soundscape. This is a sonic terrain of sociality that is irreducible to a quote; it can’t be circulated on social media or mobilized as a proxy for politics. To listen to black living is to hear what endures long after the video has stopped or the scene of murder has been cleared.
Defund Police: Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor Says Budgets Wrongly Prioritize Cops Over Schools, Hospitals

Tuesday, Jun 2, 2020

Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, Democracy Now

As police departments face increasing criticism for using excessive force on protesters, we get response from Professor Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, renowned scholar Professor Cornel West and attorney Bakari Sellers.
George Floyd's Murder Shows Once More That We Cannot Wait For White America to End Racism

Friday, May 29, 2020

Eddie S. Glaude Jr., TIME
Covid-19 Demands a National Reckoning

Friday, May 15, 2020

Eddie Glaude Jr., The Laura Flanders Show

Professor Eddie Glaude Jr. argues that we must grapple with the divides at the core of our society in order to reimagine the U.S. with a fully inclusive sense of "us." "What we have to do is tell the truth about who we are. We’re not the best country in the world."
[Opinion] The 'American Way of Life' Is Shaping Up to Be a Battleground

Monday, May 18, 2020

Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, The New York Times

There are limits to what ordinary people are willing to endure to secure the bottom line of their employers.
[Opinion] Cancel the Rent

Thursday, May 14, 2020

Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, The New Yorker

In the richest country in the world, it has never been more urgent to provide decent and comfortable housing for all.
[Opinion] Protecting the Right to Vote During a Pandemic

Wednesday, Apr 29, 2020

Julia Chaffers

The stakes of this year's elections demonstrate the urgency of voting reforms to ensure that no one has to choose between their health and the health of their democracy.
The Injustice of COVID-19

Thursday, Apr 30, 2020

Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor and David Remnick, The New Yorker
COVID-19, Decarceration, and Abolition

Friday, Apr 24, 2020

Naomi Murakawa and Ruth Wilson Gilmore, Haymarket Books

How should abolitionists respond to the coronavirus pandemic?

How can we achieve urgently needed decarceration for the millions of people caged in jails, prisons, and immigration detention centers?

Abolitionism doesn’t just say no to police, prisons, border control, and the current punishment system. It requires persistent organizing for what we need, organizing that’s already present in the efforts people cobble together to achieve access to schools, health care and housing, art and meaningful work, and freedom from violence and want.