Professor Frank Rudy Cooper discusses his article, “Cop Fragility and Blue Lives Matter.” Professor Cooper discusses how after the rise of Black Lives Matter protests […]
Nothing but Rocs and Sky Above
Some of the best stories we read are the ones that leave you wanting more once you’ve finished. Untethered Sky did that to me recently. […]
Role-Playing in Police Trainings with Christina Aushana
Christina Aushana discusses her article “Inescapable Scripts: Role-Playing Feminist (re)visions and Rehearsing Racialize State Violence in Police Training Scenarios.” Professor Aushana talks about participating in […]
Vacation Reads: Getaways Gone Wrong
It’s vacation season and what better way to commemorate that than with some books featuring getaways gone wrong? After reading these thrillers, you may find […]
Plea Bargaining Bad Deals with Carissa Byrne Hessick
Professor Carissa Byrne Hessick discusses her book, “Punishment Without Trial,” and how plea bargaining has overtaken the criminal justice system. While our rights to a […]
What Modern Medicine Gained from Slavery
Medical science in antebellum America was a paradox: it presumed African Americans to be less than human yet still human enough to be useful as […]
Migrant Suffering and White Democracy with Cristina Beltrán
Cristina Beltrán discusses her book, “Cruelty as Citizenship How Migrant Suffering Sustains White Democracy.” Prof. Beltrain explains the how Herrenvolk Democracy is useful in understanding […]
Thriller: Erin Kelly’s The Skeleton Key
Today the Matchmakers team welcomes guest blogger Michele Hirschfeld, an avid mystery reader. Michele writes: British author Erin Kelly’s latest novel, The Skeleton Key, is […]
Local Poets: Rita Dove and George Bilgere
“laughing softly at the beauty and intransigence of indescribable phenomena” from “Touched”, by George Bilgere I am recommending two new collections of poetry by regional […]
Black Trans Feminism Liberation with Marquis Bey
Professor Marquis Bey discusses their book, BLACK TRANS FEMINISM in which they argue that how we define, label, and identify ourselves can be a way […]