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2 months ago | theemancipator.org | Amber Payne |Jamil Smith |Amber Payne Publisher

We have some big news to share. This summer, our co-founder Dr. Ibram X. Kendi will be moving to Howard University to be a professor of history and build the Institute for Advanced Study, which will be dedicated to the interdisciplinary study of racism in the global African Diaspora. The institute will revolve around a competitive Residential Fellowship Program where an annual international class of fellows will pursue impactful projects across disciplines and fields.

Jan 13, 2025 | theemancipator.org | Amber Payne |Amber Payne Publisher

This story was first published in Critical Thinking. Four years ago this month, many of us came to grips with a politically fractured nation and a shredded democracy as a violent riot engulfed the U.S. Capitol. We feared the threat to burn it all down was in fact, literal. Four years later and just one week into 2025, the fire is here. All week we’ve watched apocalyptic wildfires consume Southern California.

Nov 5, 2024 | theemancipator.org | Jamil Smith |Amber Payne |Amber Payne Publisher

Today is Election Day, and we’re all tired. As journalists who work for a magazine that seeks solutions to racial inequity, we get it: Bigotry is exhausting. Donald Trump’s third run for the presidency has been enough to make anyone want to crawl under the covers until it’s over. Once again, his campaign rhetoric and policy proposals have been rife with racism, sexism, antisemitism, and apologia for autocrats and plutocrats alike.