Month: July 2016

  • In First for Sitting President, Obama Publishes a Scholarly Article Fortune 2016-07-11 Jeff John Roberts Call him scholar-in-chief An author named “Barack Obama, JD” published an article on Monday in a scholarly journal. No prizes for guessing the topic: It’s an assessment of the Affordable Care Act as well as policy recommendations for the next…

  • An interview with Victoria Bynum, historian and author of The Free State of Jones—Part 1 World Socialist Web Site 2016-07-12 David Walsh and Joanne Laurier Victoria Bynum Free State of Jones, the film directed by Gary Ross, powerfully and movingly recounts a significant episode of the American Civil War, the insurrection against the Confederacy led…

  • A Citizen of Fine Spirit William Mitchell Magazine Volume 18, Issue 2, Fall 2000 pages 2-6 Douglas R. Heidenreich, Emeritus Professor of Law Mitchell Hamline School of Law, Saint Paul, Minnesota Minnesota Historical Society William T. Francis was (1869-1929), by most measures, the most successful of the early African American alumni of William Mitchell College…

  • Is there a racial ‘care gap’ in medical treatment? PBS News Hour 2016-04-05 A new survey has found implicit biases in medical students that may explain why black patients are sometimes undertreated for pain, with some students believing that black people feel less pain and have thicker skin than white people. For more on the…

  • United States Health Care Reform: Progress to Date and Next Steps The Journal of the American Medical Association Published online 2016-07-11 DOI: 10.1001/jama.2016.9797 Barack Obama, JD President of the United States, Washington, DC Importance The Affordable Care Act is the most important health care legislation enacted in the United States since the creation of Medicare…

  • “As officials split white indenture from black enslavement and established ‘white,’ ‘Negro,’ and ‘Indian’ as distinct legal categories, race was literally manufactured by law… Colonial landowners inherited slavery as an ancient practice, but they invented race as a modern system of power.” —Dorothy Roberts Melissa Jacobs, “Dangerous Ideas,” The Pennsylvania Gazette, June 20, 2016. http://thepenngazette.com/dangerous-ideas/.

  • Book Review: Loop of Jade Never Imitate: Trying to avoid society’s pigeonholes 2016-07-11 Jackie Law Loop of Jade, by Sarah Howe, is the author’s debut poetry collection. It includes explorations of family, history, migration and inheritance. Within each work is an inherent restlessness tinged with longing. History, fable, Chinese culture, and modern life are skilfully…

  • Q&A with ‘Indian Blood’ author Andrew J. Jolivette University of Washington Press Blog 2016-06-24 In his new book Indian Blood: HIV & Colonial Trauma in San Francisco’s Two-Spirit Community, Andrew J. Jolivette examines the correlation between mixed-race identity and HIV/AIDS among Native American gay men and transgendered people, and provides an analysis of the emerging…

  • CNN pundit goes off on racist whites who think they ‘allowed’ Obama to be president Raw Story 2016-07-10 David Edwards Former Congressional Black Caucus Executive Director Angela Rye took issue on Sunday with white Americans who think they “allowed” Barack Obama to become president. During a panel discussion about race in America, CNN host Fareed…

  • PIK Professor Dorothy Roberts exposes how the myth of biologically distinct races—forged in the era of slavery—continues to poison the present, affecting attitudes and policies on everything from child welfare to medical treatment.