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Magnetic Activism

Trump year 1

December 13, 2017 • by Robin Morris

I am addicted to my Fitbit. I get 10,000 steps every day -- even if it means I am pacing around my kitchen table at 11:47 pm. As I looked ahead in January 2017, I saw a manuscript deadline, stacks of grading, and a tenure portfolio in need of creation. I ...

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Is It Just a Cake?

History helps us understand what is at stake in the Masterpiece Cakeshop case

December 6, 2017 • by Claire Potter

Given that context, the neighborly approach would be to say: “Fine, we won’t compel you to do something you believe violates your sacred principles. But we would like to hire you to bake other cakes for us. We would like to invite you into our home for dinner and bake ...

Politics

The Futility of Inclusion in the Absence of Access

Who belongs in Provincetown, Massachusetts?

December 5, 2017 • by Mia Cliggott-Perlt

Another, and perhaps more significant, distinguishing feature of Provincetown is its identity as one of the country’s most popular LGBTQA vacation destinations. With the highest rate of same-sex couples in the country, 163 per 1,000 according to the US Census, Provincetown is often referred to as the “gay capital of ...

Democracy

Just Showing Up

Trump year 1

November 30, 2017 • by Dorothy Potter Snyder

Watching Trump win the Presidency last November, I was afraid. I posted a note on our neighborhood website in Hillsborough, NC where my husband and I had been living for just six months: "Anyone want to have coffee and talk? It doesn't matter what you look like, believe, or for ...

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An Unreasonable Standard

Reconsidering law, race and police violence

November 13, 2017 • by Jennifer M. Page

Wilcox escaped the Coburns, but 30 minutes later, was confronted by another police officer, Jesse Kidder. Wilcox left his vehicle and ran at Kidder. “Shoot me, shoot me,” Wilcox said again and again, still running forward. “I don’t want to shoot you, man,” yelled Kidder as he backed up. Wilcox ...

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What We Really Learned in Charlottesville

Finding a Way Forward

November 9, 2017 • by Andrew Boyer

By the standards of today’s whiplash news cycles, the coverage was in-depth and lasting. The media did not move on from the issue so much as it overexerted itself and wearily stumbled on to the Hurricane Harvey in Texas and Trump’s DACA repeal. When the dust settled, nearly everyone agreed ...

Education

Syllabus: From Goldwater to Trump

A Political History of Tea Party America

November 1, 2017 • by Claire Potter

In order to think this through with students, I re-did the course, and the syllabus below that I am teaching this fall is what I came up with. ___________________________________________________ This course is a survey of United States political history and domestic policy that puts the evolution of the American presidency at its ...

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The Manafort Indictment

Twelve Counts — and I’m Still Counting

October 31, 2017 • by Claire Potter

For those of us who have been waiting almost a year for some good news, yesterday's indictment of Paul Manafort and his associate Rick Gates was a real lift. The bonus news that someone who had been flying under the radar -- George Papadopoulos, a former foreign policy adviser to the ...

Politics

Why Trump’s Words Were Offensive

Myeshia Johnson confirms Trump’s comments as hurtful and disrespectful

October 23, 2017 • by Jeffrey C. Isaac

Central to all of this was Kelly’s assertion that Trump’s words about Sgt. La David Johnson, the fallen soldier -- “he knew what he was getting into when he signed up” -- were appropriate words, which Kelly himself had been told by General Mo Dunsford when his own son was ...