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Martha Biondi is a professor of African American Studies at Northwestern University and author, most recently, of The Black Revolution on Campus.
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The Radicalism of Black Lives Matter
Three years in, the youth-led movement has the power to transform the Left.
Martha Biondi
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Civil Rights: The Next Generation
What happens in Baltimore isn’t going to stay in Baltimore
Martha Biondi
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From Hope to Disposability
50 years after the March on Washington, we are living with the civil rights movement’s defeats.
Martha Biondi
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Dropping Out of Electoral College
Maryland is the first state to pass the National Popular Vote (NPV) into law, and several others are right behind
Martha Biondi