Melvin Rogers

3 weeks ago | liberalcurrents.com | Samantha Hancox-Li |Jamelle Bouie |Adam Gurri |Melvin Rogers

Kristi Noem’s staged propaganda video in front of men in the El Salvador prison to which U.S. officials renditioned them has been drawing comparisons to the horrors of Nazi fascism. It’s easy to see why, and, frankly, I agree. The men behind her have had their heads shaved; they stand and sit on multi-decker bunks, looking toward the camera; and they are all there in the absence of due process.

Jun 18, 2024 | voegelinview.com | Melvin Rogers |Tom Marven

“Freedom demands that individuals resist domination as much as it calls them to oppose being the perpetrators of domination.” – Melvin RogersI could be overplaying my hand here, but I take Rogers’ quote to reinforce my thinking regarding humanization and authenticity. My own individual freedom, I think Rogers is saying, consists not only in my not being dominated by others, but also in my refusal to dominate others.

Oct 4, 2023 | laphamsquarterly.org | Melvin Rogers

Debates about the representation of African Americans circulated throughout the 1920s—what kinds of depictions should be encouraged, who should be responsible for them, and what role black artists had in responding to negative descriptions and uplifting the race. These themes served as the subject of W.E.B. Du Bois’ 1926 symposium, “The Negro in Art: How Shall He Be Portrayed?” hosted in the NAACP’s magazine, The Crisis.

Feb 10, 2023 | dispatchist.com | Melvin Rogers

Glaude hopes to send a message to the United States that the country “must accept the past that has made us who we are.” The lecture kicked off the Democracy Project’s first public-facing program, “Being Again: Democracy in Crisis,” hosted by the University’s Center for Philosophy, Politics and Economics.The Democracy Project “promotes the study … of democratic values, norms, cultures, institutions and practices around the world, with a specific focus on North American, European and Latin...