Begin Again: James Baldwin’s America And Its Urgent Lessons For Our Own

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“In the midst of an ugly Trump regime and a beautiful Baldwin revival, Eddie Glaude has plunged to the profound depths and sublime heights of Baldwin’s prophetic challenge to our present-day crisis.” —Cornel West
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James Baldwin grew disillusioned by the failure of the civil rights movement to force America to confront its lies about race. In our own moment, when that confrontation feels more urgently needed than ever, what can we learn from his struggle?

We live, according to Eddie S. Glaude Jr., in a moment when the struggles of Black Lives Matter and the attempt to achieve a new America have been challenged by the election of Donald Trump, a president whose victory represents yet another failure of America to face the lies it tells itself about race. From Charlottesville to the policies of child separation at the border, his administration turned its back on the promise of Obama’s presidency and refused to embrace a vision of the country shorn of the insidious belief that white people matter more than others.

We have been here before: for James Baldwin, these after times came in the wake of the civil rights movement, when a similar attempt to compel a national confrontation with the truth was answered with the murders of Medgar Evers, Malcolm X, and Martin Luther King, Jr. In these years, spanning from the publication of The Fire Next Time in 1963 to that of No Name in the Street in 1972, Baldwin transformed into a more overtly political writer, a change that came at great professional and personal cost. But from that journey, Baldwin emerged with a sense of renewed purpose about the necessity of pushing forward in the face of disillusionment and despair.

In the story of Baldwin’s crucible, Glaude suggests, we can find hope and guidance through our own after times, this Trumpian era of shattered promises and white retrenchment. Mixing biography—drawn partially from newly uncovered interviews—with history, memoir, and trenchant analysis of our current moment, Begin Again is Glaude’s endeavor, following Baldwin, to bear witness to the difficult truth of race in America today. It is at once a searing exploration that lays bare the tangled web of race, trauma, and memory, and a powerful interrogation of what we all must ask of ourselves in order to call forth a new America.

Eddie S. Glaude Jr. is a scholar who speaks to the black and blue in America. His most well-known books, Democracy in Black: How Race Still Enslaves the American Soul, and In a Shade of Blue: Pragmatism and the Politics of Black America, take a wide look at black communities and reveal complexities, vulnerabilities, and opportunities for hope. He is the William S. Tod Professor of Religion and African American Studies and chair of the Department of African American Studies at Princeton University.

Cornel R. West is Professor of the Practice of Public Philosophy at Harvard Divinity School. He is best known for his classics Race Matters and Democracy Matters, and his memoir, Brother West: Living and Loving Out Loud. He is the host with Tricia Rose of a new podcast, The Tight Rope.
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Option: More Blue Self-Governance

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Here’s my feeling about D.C. Statehood and P.R. Statehood.

This is the weakest bid to expand Blue self-governance and representation in the Senate. The Douglass Commonwealth may become a thing if Dems win the Senate, and it would be nice to have the Douglass Commonwealth in the Union, but Puerto Rico is still split heavily between the conservative statehood movement, the liberal (enhanced)-Commonwealth movement, and the left-wing Independence movement. And since their legislature just voted to take LGBT-inclusive non-discrimination protections out of their Civil Code, there’s no guarantee that P.R. will vote for Dems much.

American liberals in the contiguous 48 have shown ourselves to be either arrogant self-sniffers in the Blue states or selfish masochists in the Red states who don’t want to split off into their own states and govern themselves, when doing so could help win 60% of the Senate and help re-write the Constitution.

Instead the Blue staters pride themselves on their Blue state status and don’t want to divvy up some of that power for the Union’s sake, and those of us in red states are shit out of luck.

When are we going to save the Constitution? When are we going to take the Senate seriously and make the necessary sacrifices of clout and comfort to move the Senate forward? When are we going to stop being flaming hypocrites, fight for our own self-governance and tell the GOP to fuck off and die?

Krystal Ball Defends Working with Fascists — Sorry, “Right-Wing Populists”

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Robert Smalls House | Historic Beaufort, SC | Edward Dukes

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For full details contact Edward Dukes at https://ift.tt/2sSUs2e or call 877-521-4200. Historic Robert Smalls house built in 1834 is surrounded by a moss covered, open-weave brick fence. The grand double piazzas overlook the professionally landscape garden lining the entrance to the home. Facing south, the home takes advantage of cool breezes.

It has been meticulously restored; offers fine mill work and 12 foot ceilings. The gourmet kitchen features a Viking range & oven with 6 gas burners and griddle. Viking dishwasher, Subzero refrigerator/freezer, granite counter tops and porcelain farm sink finish out the kitchen. The wet bar is outfitted with a wine cooler and beverage center.

This approx. 3000 sq. ft. historic home offers 3 bedrooms, 4 baths and six gas burning fireplaces. The heart pine floors are original to the home. Located just blocks away from fine dining and shopping in downtown Beaufort.

History of the Robert Smalls House:
Robert Smalls was born a slave in a cabin near the rear of the property. In 1862, Smalls commandeered a side-wheeler and transported his family and 12 others through Union lines to freedom. With his reward money, Smalls purchased his former master?s home. He became one of South Carolina?s most prominent African-Americans, serving in the State Senate and House of Representatives, U.S. Congress, and as Customs Collector of the Port of Beaufort. In recognition of his remarkable life and career, Congress designated the house a National Historic Landmark in 1975. (Beaufort, HBF, 2003)

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Non-euclidean virtual reality

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Try at http://h3.hypernom.com and https://ift.tt/2lR5FvM. Controls: wasd rotates, arrow keys move, numbers change decoration, c changes colours. Also works on smartphones – touch the screen to move forwards.

If you have a Vive, you may be able to get this to work on Firefox – press v then enter to get graphics showing on the headset. No guarantees though, WebVR is a fast moving target.

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Winter on the Appalachian Trail

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Need some relief from the hustle & bustle? Take a break and enjoy a winter adventure into the #WildEast! Our newest video provides a snow-covered escape to the #AppalachianTrail in Great Smoky Mountains National Park and Max Patch.

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NY-10 Congressional Debate: Jerry Nadler vs. Jonathan Herzog

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2020 Democratic Congressional candidate Jonathan Herzog faces off against incumbent representative Jerry Nadler in New York’s 10th Congressional district along with fellow primary challenger Lindsey Boylan. Nadler is a powerful, well-known Democrat. The three candidates will look ahead to the June 23rd primary following the debate.

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