Jacob PaganoThe Language that Drinks Blood: Toni Morrison Reminds Us Hate Speech Is ViolenceAs the nation grapples with violent white supremacy and the disturbing fact that the President appears to embolden it, a debate about the…Aug 9, 20191Aug 9, 20191
Jacob PaganoDear Mr. President (and Mr. West): A Nationalist is Not a ChristianTo a roaring crowd at a campaign rally last Monday, October 22, President Donald Trump proclaimed what we all already knew; “I’m a…Oct 30, 2018Oct 30, 2018
Jacob PaganoAfrican Students Encounter Institutional Racism at a Top Chinese University, Raising Urgent…China’s Universities are now the top destination for Africans studying abroad, but reports of on-campus racism campus raise urgent…Oct 19, 20181Oct 19, 20181
Jacob PaganoJustice Department’s Indictment of a Chinese Officer Sets a Precedent, Leaves Intelligence…When Yanjun Xu, the Deputy Secretary General of the the Nanjing Science and Technology Association, traveled to Belgium on April 1, 2018…Oct 11, 2018Oct 11, 2018
Jacob PaganoWhen Christine Blasey Ford testifies against Brett Kavanaugh, consider Judith Butler’s theoretical…On October 11, 1991, when Anita Hill testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee that Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas had used…Sep 22, 2018Sep 22, 2018
Jacob PaganoNothing Real Can Be Threatened: Richard Avedon, Khalik Allah, and Communities of PortraitureA camera is a weapon in some instances. In others, it is an extension of the caring eye.Sep 19, 20181Sep 19, 20181
Jacob PaganoThe best I can wish for you is bad luck: A Review of Myriam Gurba’s MeanEvery so often, we encounter a memoir which voices a narrative that, though lived and told by so many, has still not been heard in its…Sep 17, 2018Sep 17, 2018
Jacob PaganoSongxi’s Siege: Remembering a Rural Chinese Village in WWIIThe soldiers arrived at night, moving in two flanks along the thickly forested Eastern mountains and the shale-covered Western mountains…Sep 2, 2018Sep 2, 2018