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Clarence Lusane

Clarence Lusane is a political science professor and director of the International Affairs program and majors at Howard University, and Independent Expert to the European Commission Against Racism and Intolerance. His latest book is Twenty Dollars and Change: Harriet Tubman and the Ongoing Fight for Racial Justice and Democracy (City Lights).

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Just as Dangerous: Vance and the 2028 Election

Just as Dangerous: Vance and the 2028 Election

Clarence Lusane

Vance embraces White nationalists like Nick Fuentes and unrepentant conspiracists

Donald Trump
Never in a Million Years: 10 Reasons why Trump should never be Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize

Never in a Million Years: 10 Reasons why Trump should never be Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize

Clarence Lusane

( Tomdispatch.com ) – Who doesn’t know that President Donald Trump desperately wants a Nobel Peace Prize and said bitterly, “They will never give me a Nobel Peace Prize. It’s too bad. I deserve it, but they will never give it to me”? And for once, he’s right. He won’t get one, but wrong, of […]

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“I Have a Nightmare:” How Trump Is Spitting on the Grave of Martin Luther King Jr.

“I Have a Nightmare:” How Trump Is Spitting on the Grave of Martin Luther King Jr.

Clarence Lusane

( Tomdispatch.com ) – On January 20th, Donald Trump returned to the Oval Office with — at least in his mind — an aura of invincibility. A fully compliant Congress was controlled by Republicans who were, in turn, controlled by him. Conservative justices, three of whom he had appointed, dominated the Supreme Court. The defeated […]

African-Americans
Making America White Again: The Deafening Silence of Trump’s Black Supporters

Making America White Again: The Deafening Silence of Trump’s Black Supporters

Clarence Lusane

( Tomdispatch.com ) – During the 2024 election campaign, candidate Donald Trump’s most controversial rally occurred at New York’s Madison Square Garden. A comedian on the program referred to the island of Puerto Rico — and by implication Puerto Ricans — as garbage. He and the Trump campaign were rightfully pilloried and called out for […]

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