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August 3, 2023
Cornel West Owes the IRS More than $500,000 in Taxes
A new report found that the Green Party candidate hasn’t been paying his taxes.
August 1, 2023
The Soapbox
“Trump Wants to Pull Us Back Into White Supremacy. DeSantis Is Even Worse.”
An interview with Jesse Jackson about the 2024 race, his own legacy, and how he’s not actually retiring.
July 17, 2023
The Soapbox
This Is the Time for Quixotic, Corrosive Campaigns? Seriously?
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Cornel West, and No Labels are effectively surrogates for Donald Trump’s 2024 bid.
June 5, 2023
Cornel West Announces Presidential Bid … as a People’s Party Candidate
Why did Cornel West, one of the eminent thinkers of our time, choose to run with this party?
April 15, 2019
Magazine
Tucker Carlson, Unbowed
He's petty, whiny, and contradictory. So why does he keep ruling the ratings night after night?
February 1, 2016
The Curious Blackness of Iowa Week
Why was Hillary Clinton in a black church in Philadelphia? Why did Bernie Sanders share the stage with Cornel West?
December 22, 2015
New Republic: Best of 2015
September 10, 2015
Think Out Loud
An emerging black digital intelligentsia has embraced online technology to change American ideas
April 24, 2015
This Isn't the Same 'New Republic'
April 24, 2015
All Black Lives Matter
Seeing the humanity of those I criticize is vital to every claim I make under the banner of #BlackLivesMatter
April 24, 2015
Acting Without Thinking
The most effective protest movements have been enriched by debating ideas and strategy
April 19, 2015
The Ghost of Cornel West
What happened to America's most exciting black scholar?
December 14, 2011
What Hope Remains?
March 6, 2006
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