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Anthony Conwright

The Nation

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The Education Department’s Forgotten Antiracist Origins

The Education Department’s Forgotten Antiracist Origins

The U.S. first had a federal education department in 1867 — not 1979. Its history is critical in understanding the federal role in schools.

29.11.2025 100

The New York Times

Anthony Conwright

The Congressional Black Caucus’s Silent Partnership With AIPAC

15.10.2025 10

The Nation

Anthony Conwright

Will Black Americans Vote for a Socialist—Zohran Mamdani?

10.06.2025 5

The Nation

Anthony Conwright

Mayor Ras Baraka Talks to “The Nation”

14.05.2025 9

The Nation

Anthony Conwright

How American Racism Sabotaged the World’s Fight Against Genocide

16.01.2025 10

The Nation

Anthony Conwright

How the Harris Campaign’s Appeal to Black Men Misses the Mark

22.10.2024 3

The Nation

Anthony Conwright

The Twisted Logic Behind Trump’s Attacks on Kamala Harris’s Blackness

“In the modern imagination,” Professor Lewis Gordon wrote in 2023, paraphrasing philosopher Frantz Fanon, “reason takes flight whenever the Black...

13.08.2024 6

New Republic

Anthony Conwright