Category: Racial Capitalism
Juneteenth, Black Freedom and the Great Betrayal
Henry-Louis Taylor, Jr.UB Center for Urban Studies, University at BuffaloJune 18, 2026 Understanding Juneteenth in the Black imaginary requires placing the slave industry in a historical context anchored by five realities. The first is...
Blackanomics: For Black Families, The Affordability Crisis is a Battle For Survival
Opinion: America’s economic crisis hurts everyone, but when the Black community was already so underserved, underpaid and downright ignored, it hurts even more. I’ve seen it, and I know you’ve seen it too –...
The Tops Shooting Revisited
Reflections on the The Tops Mass Shooting in Buffalo, NY, four years out.
Fascism and the Racist Attack on Voting Rights
The gutting of the Voting Rights Act by the U.S. Supreme Court and the vicious attacks on immigrants of color appear to be separate actions—but they are not. They are both acts of voter...
Why socialist Cuba is more democratic than the U.S
The renewed escalation of hostility by the Trump administration towards Cuba—through tightened sanctions, political pressure, and open ideological aggression—once again exposes a fundamental contradiction. A country that presents itself as the “global model of democracy” continues...
Reimagine Buffalo’s East Side for the People Living There
Build communities for the low- to moderate-income people already living in those neighborhoods. A recent call to build hundreds of new “affordable” housing units on Buffalo’s more than 7,000 publicly owned vacant lots is...
“Colossus Failure”: Elon Musk’s Data Centers Face Lawsuit for Polluting Black Neighborhoods in Memphis
As tech companies scramble to build massive new data centers to power artificial intelligence, marginalized communities are bearing the brunt of the environmental harms. In Memphis, Tennessee, Elon Musk’s xAI operates over two dozen...
Black Studies in the Era of White Supremacy and Authoritarianism: A Conversation at Princeton
On Friday, February 27, 2026, the Department of African American Studies at Princeton University convened a one-day symposium titled “Black Studies Is For Everyone.” Held on Princeton’s campus, the gathering brought together leading scholars...
The Second Amendment Was Never Meant for Everyone
After the killing of Alex Pretti, white America is realizing what Black gun owners have always known: Rights are conditional.