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SOURCE: New York Times
Should Black Northerners Move Back to the South?
by Tanisha C. Ford
Historian Tanisha C. Ford reviews Charles M. Blow's book, which advocates for a Reverse Great Migration to empower both Black Americans and progressive policies. She concludes it's an intriguing idea but oversimplifies the history of migration, disenfranchisement, and activism by Black southerners and their allies.
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SOURCE: The New Republic
11/10/2020
How the World Gave Up on the Stateless (Review)
Over 10 million people are stateless today, and governments seem hell-bent on increasing their numbers. A new book examines how the rise of modern states created the dire circumstance of statelessness.
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SOURCE: The Atlantic
7/28/2019
Candy Land Was Invented for Polio Wards
A schoolteacher created the popular board game, which celebrates its 70th anniversary this year, for quarantined children. An Object Lesson.
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