A searing portrait “of the ways in which black men and women have struggled to surmount injustice to own homes”—from the heroic lawyer who spoke out against Clarence Thomas (The New York Times Book Review) In this “highly readable and deeply analytical” work, attorney Anita Hill examines the relationship between home ownership and the American Dream through the lens of race and gender (Library Journal). Through the stories of remarkable African American women—including her own great-great-grandmother, playwright Lorraine Hansberry, and Baltimore beauty-shop owner and housing-crisis survivor Anjanette Booker—she demonstrates that the inclusive democracy our Constitution promises must be conceived with home in mind. From slavery to the Great Migration to the subprime mortgage meltdown, Reimagining Equality takes us on a journey that sparks a new conversation about what it means to be at home in America and presents concrete proposals that encourage us to reimagine equality.
The Lawrence and Lynne Brown Democracy Medal, presented by the McCourtney Institute for Democracy at Penn State, recognizes outstanding individuals, groups, and organizations that produce innovations to further democracy in the United ...
This book brings together contributions from emerging African and internationally recognised scholars in the field of international human rights law and policy in general and women and minority rights in particular.
... and (4) popular culture provides a unique insight into the everyday operation of political power that may under certain circumstances transform, rather than simply mirror, status quo power relations” (Burgess 2006, 401).
The interwoven futures of humanity and our planet are under threat. Urgent action, taken together, is needed to change course and reimagine our futures.
Believing is a story of America's three decades long reckoning with gender violence, one that offers insights into its roots, and paths to creating dialogue and substantive change.
Reimagining Leadership on the Commons examines leadership approaches derived from an, open, whole systems perspective and a more collaborative paradigm that recognizes that rather than being individualist self-maximizers, people prefer to ...
parents. Nonmarital single parenting is more typical of nonwhites than of whites. On the other hand, the sense that nonmarital single-parent families can be attacked without challenge means that they can be used as the target to ...
Below we give a brief background to the project, before revisiting some of the key themes and questions that have emerged through this ongoing process of reimagining. Process How can we expand the dialogue around museums, and how might ...
Here is a vitally important work that allows us to understand why Anita Hill did what she did, and thereby brings resolution to one of the most controversial episodes in our nation's history.
Chapter 7: “Men have the power”: Male Peer Groups as the Building Blocks of Political Masculinities in Northern Thailand Cassie DeFillipo The activity of visiting female sex workers in Northern Thailand is a social event that males do ...